Sky Queen Tries Flying Windmill (1931)

Full title reads: “Willow Grove, US. Sky queen tries flying windmill. Amelia Earhart - first woman to fly the Atlantic - takes first trip in new vertical plane.“ Willow Grove, United States of America (USA). LS Amelia Earhart climbs into the cockpit of an autogyro. She starts it up. The aircraft takes off. Various shots of auto-gyro overhead. She brings the craft in to land. 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.