The History of the Helicopter, 1952

A film about the history of the helicopter up to the 1950s. To purchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for personal home use or educational use contact us at [e-mail]. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com

[@trevor311264]

love the way they quickly zip past the German helicopters. They were in use in WW2 and could lift other aircraft, and were used to transport troops and do medevacs. One, just after the war, made a >100 Km flight over the English Chanel to RAF Beaulieu. The USA took several back to the USA after WW2 and took them apart to see how they work.

[@horaciogaticaa]

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[@OfficialGOD]

They are biased of course

[@jesuisravi]

@@OfficialGOD Why would that be? I seriously doubt it is bias. The German designs were derivative and this film is dealing with innovation.

[@davidblevins9513]

I think Germans coming to America changed a lot of things.

[@richardgreen7225]

I am impressed by the bravery of the ground handlers in early experiments. It looks like a very dangerous environment.

[@horaciogaticaa]

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[@billwhite9703]

Bravery? Sheer ignorance.

[@thefajlamicom]

That is why we are so advanced today.I will never forget their hard work and sacrifice.

[@adilachahbar1301]

Yes, indeed

[@BigDaddy-vc7nc]

were not advance, this is just the beginning.

[@esikhavari6222]

Hi, it was funny, I personally liked dermatitis and diddy.You're audible about his knowledge. افگانستان

[@shahinsoro7946]

Bullshit

[@ameer3855]

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[@shaktidigal9202]

This video says that the failure is the key to success

[@MadhurPulekarPictures]

Experimenting is key.

[@dawangsherpa6177]

Failure is not the key for success. But small success is the key to bigger success.

[@southwest3671]

shakti digal People take everything so literally today. There used to be a give or take answer.

[@junsierra16]

shakti digal agree😊

[@alvexok5523]

@Matan Cohen , I agree 100%. You sometimes have to try 20 times before succeeding so not only failure is something on the way to success, but failure even 20 times can happen on the way to success. Anyone who says that failure automatically means that you won't succeed is leaning towards the ignorant thinking, or is someone who is a quitter

[@bayuplay10]

History that brings the technology today. Amazing hardwork

[@horaciogaticaa]

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[@alishanmao]

look how far we have come now baby

[@ionizedbeam8089]

Wow suprised to see you here

[@alishanmao]

@@ionizedbeam8089 Flying machines are my personal interest buddy

[@muhammadfadhillah6201]

assalamualaikum, never leave the sky empty man!😆

[@Dailyvibez21]

Now waiting for flying car

[@juancarlosortiz9744]

@@alishanmao

[@chrispoleson6118]

I love the static. I wish they could put that on todays shows.

[@robertcieslak1861]

2:28 The first "drone" type aircraft.

[@Shivam-kz2dg]

Quadcopter

[@alvexok5523]

When I was about 13, I thought that the helicopter was invented by a guy named Helicopter Bill, a Midwestern American with a mustache and sunglasses. Funny the things you think when you're still a kid

[@Varun-uv4li]

@@Shivam-kz2dg beta unrealistic design nahi udega. Mr lobo your son is making somenonsense helicopter. Sir ek dafa dekh lejiye.

[@Shivam-kz2dg]

@@Varun-uv4li *facepalm*. Aaj kl Jo drone dekhte ho 4 rotors Wala, use quadcopter khte h.

[@SandeepSharma-bc5ds]

Hindu .muslims.shikh esai

[@poly_hexamethyl]

2:30 This old quadcopter doesn't seem too bad. He's keeping it nicely level, just needs a bit more power.

[@Milosz_Ostrow]

Wonderful collection of film clips that I had never seen before.

[@gabesanderes4208]

You know how cool it must have been to see a helicopter flying over you in these days It’s like seeing a hover craft above you today

[@Beer4Breakfast]

Or better yet, a spy balloon above you, today!

[@maxpayne2574]

@@Beer4Breakfast Those "spy balloons" are just the DoD creating another paper enemy to justify their bloated budget.

[@mitchdakelman4470]

I was able to acquire a retired 16mm print from the Shell Film Library In 1970. I was a junior in high school. I still have it after so many years. The Shell Oil films were wonderful productions for their time including the older black and white films such as this one.

[@ElHombreGato]

I watch this video almost every night before bed.... it's one of my favorites

[@Jacobcr93]

Thank God camera exist before all great inventions.

[@alvexok5523]

When I was 13, I thought that the helicopter was invented by a guy named Helicopter Bill, a Midwestern American

[@gdbazz]

@@alvexok5523 ccb ccb cp CNN c. b v..

[@alvexok5523]

@@gdbazz 😶

[@Maniruzzaman1978]

@@alvexok5523 lol 😂

[@alvexok5523]

@@Maniruzzaman1978 yeah, lol. Really, I have previously learned that the first helicopter-like flying machines were designed and developed by Igor Sikorsky in the 1930s, he was trying to invent a new type of aircraft which could lift straight up vertically, and designed and tested several different early helicopters, and learned how vertical maneuvering could be made possible by large rotating overhead blades. The term helicopter was coined in 1861 from French term "helicóptere", meaning spinning helix whirl, from new 1800s factory machinery being invented at the time which had spinning helicopter-like blades on them. After Igor tested various early helicopters in the 1930s, his first designed more familair helicopters began more mass production and use in the 1940s. Igor was Russain born and designed and developed flying machines and the first helicopters in Paris and in Connecticut. The helicopter was not invented by a Midwestern guy with a mustache and sunglasses named Helicopter Bill, like I thought when I was 13, haha, lol

[@whiskeyfoxtrotnovember8888]

Awesome!! Really wonderful!! What an amazing file.. ; ))

[@deathwrenchcustom]

I hope they keep working on this idea! I can see them being useful in the future to fight fires! I bet there could be some really neat military applications too!! 🤯

[@horaciogaticaa]

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[@bresnik]

The narrator is the guy who was the voice of the drive-in intermission films in the 50s and 60s.

[@markhall7646]

Helicopters don't really fly... they BEAT THE AIR INTO SUBMISSION!

[@bluemarshall6180]

But they go up in the air and Fly.

[@dillthrill3398]

so helicopters are kinda like chuck norris

[@robertcieslak1861]

Helicopters are flying machines that have thousands of moving parts all beating the living crap out of each other.

[@magosexploratoradeon6409]

Well I mean......it's one way to put it.

[@alvexok5523]

@@robertcieslak1861 , ?? 🤔 ??

[@NSBlanchi]

Those early clips of helicopter "attempts" had me dying.

[@sasasa1541]

Especially with that music

[@seanspell9633]

Very intriguing video. Thank you for posting it up.

[@launch4]

2:28 Funny to think after all these years the quad rotor would suddenly become the most common form of helicopter.

[@shawnfoster3023]

"after all these years" the quad motor is but yet another fad

[@kianaljadecruz5384]

Looks like RC drone

[@yoyodada230]

@@kianaljadecruz5384 quite literally a drone, just with less controls

[@krebgurfson5732]

drones with 4 motors are cheaper to control with software than a single prop with linkage. they're actually bad designs, but just cheap.

[@yoyodada230]

@@krebgurfson5732 depends on the type of drone your talking about, companies wouldn’t put as much effort into making an indoor drone than an outdoor one, therefore outdoor drones tend to have more complicated software to not get tossed around in the wind. Drones ain’t cheap.

[@waqasahmad5733]

and because of them we are this stage today.....................great work from great people

[@605manuel]

Thanks for posting great video

[@MrJimgillnm]

No Guts - No Glory Nothing Ventured - Nothing Gained God Bless the Aviation Pioneers & the Engineers

[@alvexok5523]

No pain, no gain It'll get worse before it gets better

[@brain8484]

Pity that attitude is lost today

[@josemoreno3334]

@@alvexok5523 If you fail, Try, Try again.

[@_raj-jn3yh]

Each one is an engineering marvel of that time.. In fact forever... All these incredible efforts resulted in today's world....

[@horaciogaticaa]

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[@northFRZ]

I just wonder how many people died when they tried these "helicopters"

[@MichaelThomas-oo8iu]

Nobody died I invented the helecopter in around 1956 with the founding of bell helecopter co. constructors I was 2 years old at the time and invented it so precisley the first time that it simpley took off flying perfectly. I did it at Cook Rd Fairgrounds in Grosse pointe Woods mi. and it became an instant hit as a carnival attraction giving rides for $5.00 I think. The helocopter was my third ride at my invention of the carnival the second one was the Ferris wheel ( they were family friends) and first was the pony rides and that was my invention of horseback riding.

[@resomony]

+Michael Thomas Michael-------the helicopter hasn't been invented yet. Any films shown are mere mass hallucinations. cyclic pitch control indeed!

[@MichaelThomas-oo8iu]

resomony Truley and wickedly dimented and ungratefully disgustingly ranchy! Comgratulation youve reached a new low.

[@resomony]

+Michael Thomas ------you talkin to me?

[@MichaelThomas-oo8iu]

You callin me a liar then I am talking to you.

[@raffic4715]

Whoa!!! So this video says that we have to do some funny experiments to achieve an unbelievable dream!!! Wow we crossed a lot😍

[@Osteoja]

it was 10:04 47 sec When this film was recorded 3:41

[@pooorman-diy1104]

i thought personal helicopter will be there in every house garage ...

[@drstevenrey]

Just have to love the blue eyed outlook on the future, which never ever comes to any fruition. At least they knew it was never going to replace the car.

[@AggroJack94]

1:01 seems legit

[@cy4r340]

Yo that's the like the big old wheel that used to be in river during middle ages....what's that called?

[@JahBagaI]

Great stuff..I was too young for this first time around!!. Thanks for sharing... J B I

[@akopo4778]

Great inventions start from these. Always improving, solving problems, adding value, including several uses and producing men with knowledge and expertise. These guys deserve to get rich. This is where Science and Technology shines.To this day, even the unthinkable is invented. Artificial Intelligence, HD Camera, Super Computers, the Internet, Smartphones, and more. They're upgrading and creating more value in the market.

[@Hellcatte27]

What's more impressive about this video are the cameras used to shoot an impressive amount of frames

[@Deinacrida]

Great old film, made by Shell. Improved immensely by the addition of those important looking alpha-numerics along the bottom of the frame.

[@PhillMagGamerDad]

Not to mention the little plug about engineers working hard to improve aviation fuels and lubricants.......Shell Engineers I suppose

[@mcearl8073]

PhillMag That makes sense. I found it odd at first they mentioned chemists and lubricants and fuels but knowing it was made by Shell makes perfect sense now.

[@codetech5598]

That's the copyright stamp from TFA.

[@kaviarasu1836]

Good thing they found camera before helicopter 🚁

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

“A Helicopter for everyone” 🤔🤣😂. Those were the 50’s... They also talked about space travel by the 70’s and 80’s I only wish that happened today we need billionaires just to get NASA to do anything anymore 😢.

[@JoJoZaka]

ThexWITCHxMaster blame social programs

[@ApeExample]

Hey how about spaceX the reusable boosters

[@bearwastaken6579]

@Ryan ... racist

[@adityabotla7590]

wonderful video, thanks for uploading...

[@stevecooper7038]

In fact, I invented the helicopter in 1783 but there was so little interest that I personally shelved the concept for many decades.

[@smithry]

2:32 while those men struggle to stabilize that De Bothezat 1922, notice a single rotor plane taking off in the far behind

[@AlizerLeHaxor]

tf

[@benbrooks566]

It was just a plane

[@codetech5598]

Autogyro?

[@nikos223a]

2:27 that was the first drone if you thinking about it!

[@trysometenderness7466]

From 1903 to 1969... we're walking on the moon! American ingenuity!

[@jim7627]

Awesome, good stuff. Thanks for posting ...

[@shamimsial2847]

Thank you and good jab and God bless all of u

[@surajsuryavanshi7898]

Great footage, excellent

[@lorenzodunn3226]

Excellent film footage.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

I cant believe Shell made this documentary

[@davidgreen5099]

They showed films like this in school. It's a tax write off and advertising.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

@@davidgreen5099 intelligent way to save money and advert ...kill 2 cats with one taser gun!

[@Pksingh736]

2:33 we got the Drone type prototype

[@Me-nk5ic]

Salute and thanks for all hard work

[@dengvaxiatebe742]

September 14, 1939 On September 14, 1939, the VS-300, the world's first practical helicopter, took flight at Stratford, Connecticut. Designed by Igor Sikorsky and built by the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of the United Aircraft Corporation, the helicopter was the first to incorporate a single main rotor and tail rotor design

[@horaciogaticaa]

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[@aldodaluzghisolfi]

The first successful autonomous flight happened in the Bagatelle Field, in Paris, and was to Alberto Santos=Dumont! After him, the other!

[@2326038]

By golly, you're right.

[@eloyex]

don't agree ......

[@aldodaluzghisolfi]

OK... Read the Story about it. Check the historical records of l'Aéro-Club de France.

[@uniqko]

Thanks for share

[@Maniacguy2777]

2:31 this generation people should know the first drone invented was this giant drone shown in this masterpiece video. We should love our ancestors and great Heroes Wright brothers they are the ones who educated us to fly.

[@gilzor9376]

History of man is vital for success of man.

[@Maniacguy2777]

​@@gilzor9376 Very true u said sir.

[@alive144]

3:02 The decapicopter

[@MrUhwoody]

Really uplifting.

[@MrSupernova111]

True story!

[@DavidAlanArnold]

I love this.

[@harharchris]

2:29 is what the drones' great great great grandfather looks like.

[@DOI_ARTS]

You know what they say: "We have to start somewhere"

[@MrSupernova111]

Beautiful! Thank you!

[@MadhurPulekarPictures]

With Helicopters, Video Cameras made revolution too.

[@shushilmishra873]

Dacia Sandero guys see the evolution of video quality of this video

[@Hellcatte27]

What's more impressive about this video are the cameras used to shoots an impressive amount of frame.

[@1FreeSelfGoverningAmericanMan]

They forgot to mention Arthur Young who independently invented a stable helicopter rotor system and built two fully functional prototypes for Bell that became the Bell 47.

[@Deinacrida]

True, but at 13:04 there is at least a Bell model 48 (H-12)

[@TheAcceleratorMagazine]

I'm 66, born in 1954, so have seen some amazing things in my lifetime but can't imagine what many of ya'll will see in the next 66yrs. Well, if mankind don't wipe itself out. Got two little granddaughters and I fear more than anything what their future holds. Won't be around to try to protect them. Maybe I should put my weapons in a time capsule for them.

[@sween13377]

Humans are something else man , we are some creative mother fuckers that never give up, trial and error til completion

[@archlich4489]

Jet powered rotor tips are cool!

[@heru-deshet359]

Too cool. Thanks!

[@Harno91]

we have to apreciate to all the people in that vidio..without them,we can't fly use helicopter. thanks

2:47 quadcopter 🤔

[@anasal-fahidi9693]

i live now in 1952 but every day i get go ahead in time

[@gustavofranciscoschierholt6095]

Masterpiece.

[@maxpayne2574]

Watched one of the big Sikorsky's with twin jet engines putting up steel poles for electric wires. The people that were on top of the cement foots ready to put in bolts must have really trusted that pilot

[@harishrana9195]

Can't wait" beam me up scotty"!!

[@nand179]

Thank for this video sir

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

The most famous one was the Heliflopter Anker 001-A

[@johncole7858]

You are so smart I can not believe stupid leading stupid

[@johncole7858]

Let's that way no this way no that way no I said this way not that way no this way

[@leneanderthalien]

unknown

[@jurekovacic1739]

I love the hopefulness of previous decades. They put so much trust in technology advancmet that it hurts knowing that we let them down.

[@mernisch8307]

nooit, they could only dream of the amount of connectivity we have today

[@vancemccarthy2554]

14:40. This was the first version I saw, via a tv series - MASH. Made me think that was the first helicopter.

[@surefmeurope5766]

Thought this flying thing would never get off the ground 😂

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

which

[@egghead7199]

I cant imagine what would happen if these designs worked out and became the norm

[@mechanic3d]

This is a very informative video about helicopter

[@kaduhin4827]

2:35 DJI Phantom model 1, without GPS :))

[@waty0usay1]

absolutely awesome.

[@nikonorwig7376]

Flettner Fl 282 "Kolibri" was not mentioned but it was produced in 1941.

[@mehdihasan6151]

Those people are no more in the world but their attempts changed the history of the sky and the space ...

[@alvexok5523]

Yep, they're gone, but their legends will live forever

[@ChollhanuMedia]

Truly amazing History ❣️

[@vicmar8944]

U7

[@PsyphaX09]

This is so awesome!

[@zumbinisgm]

Thanks for your reply, Bob. I have a copy and have read The God Machine. It is a great history of the development of the helicopter. I have since bought several other (mostly older) books on the topic, and about five other videos and DVDs. None of the videos include all the footage I remember seeing in the documentary I'm seeking. After almost twenty years of searching, I'm beginning to believe that I don't have enough information, or it was never released for sale by the cable channel that broadcast it, or the company that produced it. I will try to query the group you mentioned.

[@horaciogaticaa]

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[@marayyaswamytonnuru4482]

My life big aim flying machine sir please guidance sir please help me sir please help me sir please please please please please please please please sir.

[@saskiavanhoutert3190]

Leonarda da Vinci experienced as first a part for the helicopter one with a screwdesign he also designed a replica of a balloon and designed wings for a plane

[@saskiavanhoutert3190]

Leonardo da Vince lived from about 1452 - 1519 at has been killed by psychiatrist Lombroso hear the 19th symphony of Beethoven

[@toxikarp2063]

"The Clipper of the Clouds" is such a cool name

[@markrowland1366]

All the early success in helicopters was in Germany. Their military copters were well ahead. Operation Ivory Soap, pacific shipbourn airplane repair, employed Sicorski copters to carry parts to damaged planes ashore.

[@mauriliosantanafilho2886]

Very interesting, I did really like it.

[@_Super_Hans_]

yeah well tell your face

[@Nevermadenomoney]

1952: In the future we can fly around in helicopters that fit in our garage! 2018: hurry up and make a flying car already.

[@trevor311264]

The Robinson R22 can do just that.

[@lyon406]

1909 first American Helicopter lift off, Goodland , KS by William J. Purvis, he patented his design in 1912.

[@knobhead5756]

The sky car looks fun

[@CFITOMAHAWK2]

First practical Rotorcraft that really flew and went places, not just tied to the ground? It was in Spain- Engineer Mr Juan De La Cierva, year 1920. We still use the tilt rotors systems he created in 1920, in 2018 helicopters. Enough said. Tilt rotors make the blades adjust to the airspeed making the "Rotorcraft" as called before, able to move forward and not stay static and useless. The other rotor systems were discarded and De La Cierva 1920's rotor system was and its is still been used in all kinds of Rotorcraft or helicopters all over the world. Igor Sikorsky only added more hover control to the Cierva System after De La Cierva got killed in suspicious ways in an airplane crash as a passenger. The modern helicopter is a 90% Spanish invention, like the quitar and anticonception pills are also.

[@aspincelaframboise5300]

Thanks eh… ÜïÖö

[@Dharm206]

so great

[@zumbinisgm]

I'm looking for a much longer helicopter development history documentary video that I saw on cable TV back in the mid 1990s. I have purchased several from the History Channel on DVD and even a couple others on VHS, but none seem to be the one I remember. I have queried The Learning Channel and The Discovery Channel without success. though I believe one of them broadcast it at least twice. It was chronological and began contemporary footageof this kind. More uniquely, it emphasized the civilian history, developers, and companies they founded, such as Bell, Sikorsky, Kamen, Hiller, and Piasecki more than the military, though it did seem to have developments through the WW 2and Korean War years. It was no less than an hour long, and probably at least 90 minutes. It had both Nyack and while and color footage, and a distinctive, sometimes just narration. Any ideas, titles, or source/search hints would be greatly appreciated. I have posted queries on Imdb.com boards years back, with no replies.

[@ssimon64]

Did you ever find it?

[@dillthrill3398]

try collecting tv guides from the era.

[@BajajOranye]

Amazing video

[@clavo3352]

Nice video. Now dated because of the new electric motor fliers and drones that are everywhere. Too bad that so few people now own small farms. These new electric copters are very versatile and would make management of 50 to 250 acre farms and ranches very manageable in all weather.

[@joaquinandreu8530]

Glad that they commented how Juan de la Cierva developed the hinges for the blades, opening the path for the helicopter. Too bad he died in a commercial airplane accident.

[@JohnSmith-pd1fz]

As with every invention video featured on YT whether historic or not the emphasis on america's influence, innovation and cleverness invariably comes to the fore. With this one there is very little mention made of the pioneering work made by British inventors but, as always picture after picture of american machines predominates.

[@modelrc9500]

1:35 imagine that was our helicopter