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The Conquest of the Air
1931, Dec 01
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.
Directed by
Donald Taylor, Alexander Shaw, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Esway, Zoltan Korda
Written by
Hugh Gray, Peter Bezencenet, John Monk Saunders
Ben Webster
Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)
Margaretta Scott
Isobella d'Este (uncredited)
Laurence Olivier
Vincent Lunardi
Percy Marmont
Wilbur Wright (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)
Edward Ashley
(uncredited)
John Abbott
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Andrea Checchi
Zoroastro (uncredited)
Hay Petrie
Tiberius Cavallo
Henry Victor
Otto Lilienthal
Alan Wheatley
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Peter Madden
American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)
Frederick Culley
Roger Bacon
Carlo Ninchi
Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)
Franklin Dyall
Jerome de Ascoli
David Horne
Nero (uncredited)
Kenneth Kove
Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)
Derrick De Marney
(uncredited)
Cameron Hall
Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)
John Turnbull
Von Zeppelin
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hilary Pritchard
Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)
Memo Benassi
Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)
Roy Royston
Hubert Latham (uncredited)
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Lefeaux
Louis Bleriot
Bryan Powley
George Cayley
Italo Balbo
Italo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Denville Bond
Oliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)
Tom Campbell Black
Tom Black (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Carrett
Latham's Manager (uncredited)
Arthur Clouston
Arthur Clouston (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Codos
Paul Codos (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bryan Coleman
(uncredited)
Don Gemmell
(uncredited)
Henry Hallatt
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (uncredited)
Pearl Hay
(uncredited)
Ronnie Hepworth
Boy (uncredited)
Charles Hickman
Orville Wright (uncredited)
Bert Hinkler
Bert Hinkler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anthony Holles
Mechanic (uncredited)
Amy Johnson
Amy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Kingsford Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Kirby-Green
Betty Kirby-Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Nicol
Alfred Leblanc (uncredited)
Maurice Rossi
Maurice Rossi (archive footage) (uncredited)
C.W.A. Scott
C.W.A. Scott (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leonard Shepherd
Abbot Damian of Sterling (uncredited)
Dick Vernon
Simon the Magician (uncredited)
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