Mighty Flaps But No Flight! (1929)

Item title reads - Mighty flaps but no flight! Mr E. Winter tries out his mechanical bird and attains ground speed of 15 miles an hour, later, he hopes to fly. Richmond, Surrey. M/S as Mr Winter carries the ’plane awkwardly through some gates. M/S as he sets it the right way up, it has two big wheels and large material wings with a rudder on the back. He gets on and starts pedalling, the pedals are attached to sticks which move the wings up and down. M/S of him pedalling and the wings flapping. C/U of Mr Winter stood by his machine. 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 (193