The Giant Plane (1931)

(Pathetone main titles.) Full titles read: “The Giant. Meet the newest Sikorsky Amphibian ’Plane... four engines of over 2,000 h.p. - net weight (without wrapper) 17 tons.“ United States of America (USA). M/S of a huge seaplane with four big propellors across the top standing outside an aircraft hangar; a smaller plane stands in front of it. Igor Sikorsky gives us more details about the plane. L/Ss of the aeroplane taking off from the sea and in flight. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end o
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