Story 5 - 01:36:07

342 USAF 15253 - FOCKE-WULF FD-61 HELICOPTER

B/W Silent 1937

- MS FD-61 German helicopter (letters on side D-EBZU) stationary on ground, rotor turning--plane rises vertically. Helicopter also equipped with engine in nose resembling an autogyro aircraft.

- PS of the helicopter in flight.

- PS helicopter hovering above the ground, spectators observing.

- CS of the tail rotor in operation.

- CS one of the wing rotors. The plane is equipped with two rotors acting as wings. THE FOCKE HELICOPTER WAS DEMONSTRATED DURING THE VISIT OF C0L CHARLES A. LINDBERG IN BREMMEN, OCTOBER 18, 1937.

- MS German transport aircraft taxiing up into scene--twin engine aluminum body aircraft. Col Charles A. Lindbergh in civilian dress gets out of plane and is greeted by various VIP's.

- MS of the German helicopter autogyro demonstration for Col. Lindbergh.

- PS of takeoff and flight of helicopter.

- CU rear of Col. Lindbergh's head as he watches helicopter perform overhead.

- CS of the helicopter in flight, D-Ekra on side.

- AS of same.

- ACS of the helicopter in flight. DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT OF THE FOCKE HELICOPTER AND PIESELER-ST0RCH AIRCRAFT, BERLIN, OCTOBER 1937.

- PS of the Focke helicopter taxiing out. 15) PS of the Fiesel-Storch aircraft taxiing.

- PS of the Fiesel-Storch takeoff.

- CS German officer holding onto the tail wheel of the Focke helicopter hovering in flight

- MS of the Focke helicopter in flight.

- MS of the helicopter in flight and landing.

- CU of officers congratulating the woman pilot of the helicopter.

- PS coverage of the autogryo in flight and the airfield in Berlin.

- PS Storch-Fiesler single-wing, single-engine model plane approach for landing and landing.

- PS of the helicopter in flight.

- MS helicopter approach for landing and landing. AN INDOOR FLIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW, BERLIN, 1938.

- MLS of the coliseum in Berlin, people walking up to the building.

- MS from top of interior of coliseum showing helicopter on floor.

- CS Hanna getting into cockpit waving at cameramen.

- MS helicopter in flight in the interior of the coliseum.

- PS coverage of the helicopter in flight in the interior of the coliseum, flying backward, forward and sideways. PARTICIPANTS, HANNA REITSCH, CHIEF PILOT, BODE, ENGINEER, PROF. HEINRICH FOCKE, GERD ACHGELIS

- CU of Hanna sitting in cockpit of the plane describing action of the helicopter.

- CU of the participants in the flight and manufacturing of the helicopter. Good

Story 5 - 01:36:07

342 USAF 15253 - FOCKE-WULF FD-61 HELICOPTER

B/W Silent 1937

- MS FD-61 German helicopter (letters on side D-EBZU) stationary on ground, rotor turning--plane rises vertically. Helicopter also equipped with engine in nose resembling an autogyro aircraft.

- PS of the helicopter in flight.

- PS helicopter hovering above the ground, spectators observing.

- CS of the tail rotor in operation.

- CS one of the wing rotors. The plane is equipped with two rotors acting as wings. THE FOCKE HELICOPTER WAS DEMONSTRATED DURING THE VISIT OF C0L CHARLES A. LINDBERG IN BREMMEN, OCTOBER 18, 1937.

- MS German transport aircraft taxiing up into scene--twin engine aluminum body aircraft. Col Charles A. Lindbergh in civilian dress gets out of plane and is greeted by various VIP's.

- MS of the German helicopter autogyro demonstration for Col. Lindbergh.

- PS of takeoff and flight of helicopter.

- CU rear of Col. Lindbergh's head as he watches helicopter perform overhead.

- CS of the helicopter in flight, D-Ekra on side.

- AS of same.

- ACS of the helicopter in flight. DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT OF THE FOCKE HELICOPTER AND PIESELER-ST0RCH AIRCRAFT, BERLIN, OCTOBER 1937.

- PS of the Focke helicopter taxiing out. 15) PS of the Fiesel-Storch aircraft taxiing.

- PS of the Fiesel-Storch takeoff.

- CS German officer holding onto the tail wheel of the Focke helicopter hovering in flight

- MS of the Focke helicopter in flight.

- MS of the helicopter in flight and landing.

- CU of officers congratulating the woman pilot of the helicopter.

- PS coverage of the autogryo in flight and the airfield in Berlin.

- PS Storch-Fiesler single-wing, single-engine model plane approach for landing and landing.

- PS of the helicopter in flight.

- MS helicopter approach for landing and landing. AN INDOOR FLIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE SHOW, BERLIN, 1938.

- MLS of the coliseum in Berlin, people walking up to the building.

- MS from top of interior of coliseum showing helicopter on floor.

- CS Hanna getting into cockpit waving at cameramen.

- MS helicopter in flight in the interior of the coliseum.

- PS coverage of the helicopter in flight in the interior of the coliseum, flying backward, forward and sideways. PARTICIPANTS, HANNA REITSCH, CHIEF PILOT, BODE, ENGINEER, PROF. HEINRICH FOCKE, GERD ACHGELIS

- CU of Hanna sitting in cockpit of the plane describing action of the helicopter.

- CU of the participants in the flight and manufacturing of the helicopter. Good