The Conquest of the Air (1931)

5.4/10 71 min History Documentary

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.

Cast

Frederick Culley

Roger Bacon

Laurence Olivier

Vincent Lunardi

Franklin Dyall

Jerome de Ascoli

Henry Victor

Otto Lilienthal

Hay Petrie

Tiberius Cavallo

John Turnbull

Von Zeppelin

Alan Wheatley

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

John Abbott

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

Charles Frend

Narrator (voice)

Edward Ashley

(uncredited)

Memo Benassi

Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)

Andrea Checchi

Zoroastro (uncredited)

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