The Conquest of the Air

Dec 1, 1931

1h 11m

★ 4.2

Overview

This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.

Genres

History

Documentary

Production Companies

London Films Productions

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Cast

Roger Bacon

Frederick Culley

Vincent Lunardi

Laurence Olivier

Jerome de Ascoli

Franklin Dyall

Otto Lilienthal

Henry Victor

Tiberius Cavallo

Hay Petrie

Von Zeppelin

John Turnbull

Louis Bleriot

Charles Lefeaux

George Cayley

Bryan Powley

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

Alan Wheatley

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

John Abbott

Narrator (voice)

Charles Frend

(uncredited)

Edward Ashley

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