This film is about Danish inventor Jacob Christian Ellehammer and his experiments in aviation. Trained as a watchmaker and mechanic, Ellehammer produced the first motorcycle, a musical slot machine and a form of moving picture before turning to aviation. Between 1902 and 1909 he worked on several experimental powered aeroplanes and succeeded in making the first air flight in Europe. Later he worked on a helicopter, motor cars, and invented the fire extinguisher and a steam tractor.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003863
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Design, Industrial
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Aeronautics
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Helicopters
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Motorcycles
Documentary → Documentary films - Denmark
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Fire extinguishers
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Design, Industrial
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Ellehammer, Jacob Christian Hansen, 1871-1946
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Inventions
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Inventors
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mechanics
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological innovations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)