The Conquest of the Air (1931)
1931 · 1h 11m · History, Documentary
Genres: History, Documentary
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.
Director: Alexander Esway, John Monk Saunders, Zoltan Korda
Writers: Hugh Gray, Peter Bezencenet, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Music by: Arthur Bliss
Cinematography: Hans Schneeberger, Lee Garmes
Editor: Richard Q. McNaughton, Peter Bezencenet
Cast
Frederick Culley as Roger BaconLaurence Olivier as Vincent LunardiFranklin Dyall as Jerome de AscoliHenry Victor as Otto LilienthalHay Petrie as Tiberius CavalloJohn Turnbull as Von ZeppelinCharles Lefeaux as Louis BleriotBryan Powley as George CayleyAlan Wheatley as Giovanni Alfonso BorelliJohn Abbott as Jean-François Pilâtre de RozierCharles Frend as Narrator (voice)Edward Ashley as (uncredited)More like this
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