Perseverance Rewarded (1924)

Paris, France. Title: “PERSEVERANCE REWARDED - M. Pescarra - poineer [sic] of vertical flight - undaunted by years of failure, puts up remarkable performance in his unique Helicopter“. M/S of a strange helicopter-like contraption with four sets of rotary blades. The contraption makes a tentative take off, hovering and wobbling a couple of metres over the ground. A man - Raúl Pateras Pescara de Castelluccio (“Pescarra“ on title card) - pilots in from an open cockpit, other men run about on the ground watching the new invention in flight. Note: the word - pioneer - is misspelt in the original title card. AH 2000. 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 Gr