Introductory intertitle reads: “Here’s a new idea in ’planes, from France.“ M/S of a strange aircraft with large rotating panels. Intertitle reads: “When the ’wheels’ whiz round fast enough the ’plane rises - sometimes.“ L/S of the contraption as the wheels speed up and the body of the aircraft is lifted and lowered - it doesn’t get very far. 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 of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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