The birth of helicopters. A selection of newsreels 1910-1936

Delivery of the helicopter to the launch site. Unscrewing the helicopter's screw. Preparing the helicopter for take-off. Unscrewing the helicopter's screw. Unsuccessful helicopter take-off. Lifting off the ground of a helicopter with four propellers. Autogyro before takeoff. Formation of flying gyroplanes. The gyroplane flies over an ancient castle. The gyroplane taxies to the parking lot after landing. The pilot is in the cockpit of an autogyro. Gyroplanes in flight. Delivery of one of the first gyroplanes to the launch site, removal of the gyroplane from the transport chassis. Turning the screw manually, starting the engine. The gyroplane flies at low altitude over the airfield, hovers in the air. The screws of one of the first gyroplanes are rotating. An autogyro taking off horizontally. Take-off of a twin-screw French helicopter. The helicopter hovers in the air in front of the hangar, turns in the air. Unsuccessful attempts to take off one of the first helicopters. Landing of a German autogyro at the airfield in 1936, an autogyro in flight. The test of the German gyroplane over the stadium field.