The History of the Helicopter (1952)
1952 · Short film · 20 min · dir. Sarah Erulkar
- Documentary
Synopsis
Following the birth of the helicopter, from the imagination of Leonardo da Vinci through the advent of helicopter technology in the early 1952.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Sarah Erulkar
- Studio
- Shell Film Unit
- Released
- 1952-01-01
- Running time
- 20 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- helicopter
- aviation
Cast & crew
- Sarah Erulkar Director
- Tom Shirley
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Whirling with FIRE! · Spuzz · 2018-11-24
Rather entertaining history of the helicopter here! Uses lots of archival footage to show the modern history of the 'copter. Not that much blooper footage though. But still, highly interesting trials of vehicles leading to the copter of today. Actually quite interesting, and highly reccomended!