Santos Dumont Explaining His Air Ship to the Hon. C.S. Rolls (1901)

7.0/10 1 min Documentary

Overview

A short documentary registering the meeting between two aviation pioneers: the Brazilian Santos Dumont and the Briton Charles Rolls. In it, Dumont presents his ideas for a future balloon, showing to Rolls the concept of such invention and the project with his notes, all of which the other man delightfully enjoys.

Cast

Alberto Santos Dumont

Recommendations

The Class of ‘92
Directed by John Ford
Champs
Being James Bond
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Seven Up!
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
Naqoyqatsi
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
McQueen
In the Realms of the Unreal
Fuck
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Transcendent Man
Listen to Me Marlon
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Sidney
John Candy: I Like Me