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: Zoltan Korda, Alexander Esway, John Monk Saunders
Writers: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, John Monk Saunders, Hugh Gray
Music by: Arthur Bliss
Cinematography: Wilkie Cooper, Hans Schneeberger
Editor: Peter Bezencenet, Richard Q. McNaughton
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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