The Conquest of the Air

The Conquest of the Air
1936HistoryDocumentary71 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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.

  • Zoltan Korda

    Director

  • Alexander Esway

    Director

  • John Monk Saunders

    Director

  • Alexander Shaw

    Director

  • Donald Taylor

    Director

  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    Story

  • John Monk Saunders

    Writer

  • Hugh Gray

    Writer

  • Peter Bezencenet

    Writer

  • Peter Bezencenet

    Editor

  • Richard Q. McNaughton

    Editor

  • 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

  • Charles Lefeaux

    Louis Bleriot

  • Bryan Powley

    George Cayley

  • Alan Wheatley

    Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

  • John Abbott

    Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

  • Charles Frend

    Narrator (voice)

  • Edward Ashley

    (uncredited)

  • Italo Balbo

    Italo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Memo Benassi

    Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)

  • Denville Bond

    Oliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)

  • Tom Campbell Black

    Tom Black (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Charles Carrett

    Latham's Manager (uncredited)

  • Andrea Checchi

    Zoroastro (uncredited)

  • Arthur Clouston

    Arthur Clouston (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Paul Codos

    Paul Codos (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Bryan Coleman

    (uncredited)

  • Derrick De Marney

    (uncredited)

  • Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Don Gemmell

    (uncredited)

  • Cameron Hall

    Dr. John Jeffries (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)

  • David Horne

    Nero (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)

  • Kenneth Kove

    Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)

  • Charles A. Lindbergh

    Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Peter Madden

    American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)

  • Percy Marmont

    Wilbur Wright (uncredited)

  • David Nicol

    Alfred Leblanc (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    71 minutes

    Released

    1936-12-01

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    London Films Productions

    Sound

  • Arthur Bliss

    Music

    • Updated

    15 days ago

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