French Bird Man On Skates (1938)

Item title reads - France. An inventor designs wings which can be attached to arms in the hope people will be able to fly. M/S of the inventor chatting. M/S as a man skates quickly down the road of roller-skates, he has two huge wings attached to his arms which he flaps madly as he skates, various shots as he skates down the road flapping his wings, he jumps a few times but never manages to take off. Various shots of the wings after he has taken them off. M/S of the inventor speaking in French. 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),