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The Conquest of the Air

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The Conquest of the Air

4.2

1h 11m

1931

Synopsis

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

Zoltan Korda

John Monk Saunders

Alexander Shaw

Donald Taylor

HistoryDocumentary

aviationvintage aircraft

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Cast & Crew

Frederick Culley

Frederick Culley

as Roger Bacon

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

as Vincent Lunardi

Franklin Dyall

Franklin Dyall

as Jerome de Ascoli

Henry Victor

Henry Victor

as Otto Lilienthal

Hay Petrie

Hay Petrie

as Tiberius Cavallo

John Turnbull

John Turnbull

as Von Zeppelin

Charles Lefeaux

as Louis Bleriot

Bryan Powley

as George Cayley

Alan Wheatley

Alan Wheatley

as Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

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