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:
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.
01 May 1904
Numerous women stand at several rows of tables where they appear to be wrapping tape around some devices, presumably coils.
20 January 1904
Chronophotograph record of a ball falling through a soap bubble.
09 May 1904
A group of men work on various parts of a large generator, assembling the pieces
01 May 1904
A small group of men turn on what appears to be a generator. As the rotary spins, the men make adjustments to the machine and check its operations.
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
On the left of the screen, a small group of men lift the top off of what appears to be a turbine with a crane and continue to check the machine, tightening various parts with wrenches.
31 December 1904
Austrian animal trainer Ernst Perzina puts his educated rhesus monkeys through their paces.
14 May 1904
The view from a moving train shows some of the Westinghouse interests and the surrounding areas.
21 June 1904
A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman who runs a tab at the bar, he pays off his debt in a huff, using all his week's pay.
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