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The Conquest of the Air

Alexander Esway

1931 • 1h 11m

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.

The Conquest of the Air
Cast
Frederick Culley
Frederick CulleyRoger Bacon
Laurence Olivier
Laurence OlivierVincent Lunardi
Franklin Dyall
Franklin DyallJerome de Ascoli
Henry Victor
Henry VictorOtto Lilienthal
Hay Petrie
Hay PetrieTiberius Cavallo
John Turnbull
John TurnbullVon Zeppelin
Charles LefeauxLouis Bleriot
Bryan PowleyGeorge Cayley
Alan Wheatley
Alan WheatleyGiovanni Alfonso Borelli
John Abbott
John AbbottJean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Charles Frend
Charles FrendNarrator (voice)
Edward Ashley
Edward Ashley(uncredited)
Italo BalboItalo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Memo Benassi
Memo BenassiFrancesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)
Denville BondOliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)
Crew
Alexander Esway
Alexander EswayDirector
Zoltan Korda
Zoltan KordaDirector
Alexander Korda
Alexander KordaProducer
William Cameron Menzies
William Cameron MenziesArt Direction
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryStory
Charles Frend
Charles FrendSupervising Editor
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