It's one on those thingies you see at amusement parks. You get into a small gondola, the machine starts whirling about, and centrifugal force lifts the gondolas up in the air.
Watch the official Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines 1904 trailer in HD below.
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United Kingdom 25 April 1904
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1904:
01 October 1904
Two young girls in Ukrainian costume perform a dance near a palm tree in a garden.
23 April 1904
As a mother enters a store, she leaves her child outside in a carriage. Another woman standing nearby quickly snatches the child out of the carriage.
08 May 1904
Spanish lost film directed by Ángel García Cardona.
29 October 1904
Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
01 November 1904
Rows of women are shown at tables with winding machines. They wind using material from spools behind them, apparently putting the finished products on the table in front of them.
06 May 1904
Numerous women stand in rows at winding machines, taking material from large spools behind them. A male supervisor walks down the aisle, checking the work of the women.
26 January 1904
"Danced at the Casino de Paris by the Elks and their Indian troop."
01 May 1904
A large group of men are shown performing various tasks in one room at the Westinghouse Air Brake Co.
01 May 1904
A camera on an overhead crane travels down a large, long aisle where men are shown working on large machinery on either side.
03 May 1904
A woman dressed as a Spanish dancer enters from the wings, camera right, and starts to dance. Her dancing consists of a series of high kicks, followed by a routine of handsprings, splits, and some contortionist positions.
15 April 1904
A closeup of the steam whistle blowing at the "Westinghouse works" complex of factories in Pennsylvania, probably at the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
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