Air News - Swiss Alps - Jet Helicopter (1955)

Swiss Alps. SV. French jet helicopter’s maiden takeoff. LV. Helicopter over Alps, starts to land. CU. Landing. SCU. Jet engines pan up to rotor. CU. Rotor. CU. Pan along rotor blade to jet outlet on tip. SV. Flag wagging for takeoff. SV. Takeoff and return to land with extra passengers, on ski-landing gear. CU. Pilots at controls. SV. Helicopter taking off and flying back over Alps. (Dupe Neg.) (Orig “B“) 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 Briti