Synopsis
0:24 airplanes taxiing down runway and up into air Camera pans airplanes parked in airport Airplane lands, then helicopter lands in front of bldg. Man looks into cargo of helicopter Helicopter lifts up, takes off Fade to bldg roof where helicopter is landing Men in uniform filling sides of helicopter with shovels full of "dirt" 2:09 Helicopter landing in clearing woods Helicopter spraying grove with cloudy "insecticide" VS/helicopter high up in sky 2:50 helicopter landing on water explosion soldier hitting ground at explosion in distance MLS lone soldier carrying cot in clearing of land MLS side view of helicopter landing 2 soldiers carrying wounded soldier on cot in war area helicopter landing Soldiers putting wounded on cot in helicopter Helicopter takes off with wounded tied to "outside" 3:29 green helicopter taking off, flies behind houses small airplane, with airplanes flying side by side in sky one side of propeller - camera pans down to 1 wing front 1/2 of airplane 4:25 Graphic of wing, animated air flow over & under wing 5:12 man approaching landed helicopter VS/rotor blade rotor blade spins, helicopter lifts off ground historical footage of AUT0GYRO flying, landing 6:20 man flying helicopter, turning body of helicopter tail rotor or Anti Torque Rotor Boy's hands holding toy rotor, playing with rotor man in helicopter Boy runs towards landed helicopter, gets in, pilot starts engine; helicopter takes off Aerial view of factory, 6 smoking stacks Camera looking down at…
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- Running time
- 10 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0201_Helicopter_The_20_00_45_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · A Helipad on every home! · Spuzz · 2018-01-09
GREAT 70's style film, featuring great color, visuals, titles and music, even though it was made in the 1950's! The film is all about Helicopters. A nice little history and a little technical detail about what makes helicopters fly is shown, and then we get a flying demonstration, and how helicopters are being used. But the best of course, is reserved for the 'future' uses of helicopters. Truly scary looking double bladed (that twirl.. very closely perpendicular to each other!) surely killed somebody and the fact the everyone, it seems, will have their own helicopter (or their own helipad) is…