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Chicago - Inventor - Dr. Bertelsen 11-29-60, Demonstrates Aeromobile. SOF & Sil. Neg. Trims

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Film Identifier: F.2012-03-1065
Run Time
0h 8m 34s
Format
16mm
Color
B&W
Sound
Optical
Date Produced
1960
Abstract
Black and white footage featuring Dr. Bertelsen testing out his Aeromobile on the streets of Chicago and being interviewed about it. Dr. William Bertelsen was an Illinois-born inventor who invented the Aeromobile-200, an air-cushion vehicle (ACV) that glides above snow and water on a cushion of high-pressure air—a precursor to the hovercraft. 
Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)
Actors, Performers and Participants
Bertelsen, William (is participant)
Related Place
Chicago (depicts)