The Flapper (1929)

Story begins with an intertitle: “Unlike most of the flappers we know, this one has wings.“ M/S of a man constructing a flying machine. Another man assists him in attaching a wing to his machine. C/U of the bottom of the machine as the inventor cranks a handle to start it. M/S of the machine with wings flapping. The other man struggles with the machine as it seems to want to take off. He holds on to it as the wings flap and is pulled down the road away from the camera into the distance. Nice footage of eccentric wannabe aviator! 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