Rubber Floats Through The Air (1940)

Titles read: “RUBBER FLOATS THROUGH THE AIR“. Long Island, United States of America. Various shots of a single-engine light monoplane with rubber floats filled with air at the base sitting on an ice-covered lake. It was designed by American explorer Ashley McKinley for taking off from ice or water, the rubber floats replacing the wheels or conventional rigid floats. The plane is jiggled about on the rubber floats by a man (? could be McKinley?), then it takes off, goes for a short flight and lands again. 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-