The Conquest of the Air (1936)

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.

Directing:
  • Zoltan Korda
  • Alexander Esway
  • John Monk Saunders
  • Alexander Shaw
  • Donald Taylor

Writing:
  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • John Monk Saunders
  • Hugh Gray

Stars:
Release Date: 1936-12-01
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  • Country: GB
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 71
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Oliv...
Vincent Lunardi
John Turnbull
John Turnbull
Von Zeppelin
John Abbott
John Abbott
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Henry Victor
Henry Victor
Otto Lilienthal
Andrea Checchi
Andrea Checch...
Zoroastro (uncredited)
Hay Petrie
Hay Petrie
Tiberius Cavallo
Carlo Ninchi
Carlo Ninchi
Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)
Alan Wheatley
Alan Wheatley
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Hilary Pritchard
Hilary Pritch...
Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)
Percy Marmont
Percy Marmont
Wilbur Wright (uncredited)
Margaretta Scott
Margaretta Sc...
Isobella d'Este (uncredited)
David Horne
David Horne
Nero (uncredited)
Frederick Culley
Frederick Cul...
Roger Bacon
Franklin Dyall
Franklin Dyal...
Jerome de Ascoli
Charles Frend
Charles Frend
Narrator (voice)
Edward Ashley
Edward Ashley
(uncredited)
Derrick De Marney
Derrick De Ma...
(uncredited)
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhar...
Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cameron Hall
Cameron Hall
Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)
Kenneth Kove
Kenneth Kove
Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles A. Li...
Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Madden
Peter Madden
American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
Michael Renni...
Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)
Roy Royston
Roy Royston
Hubert Latham (uncredited)
Ben Webster
Ben Webster
Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)
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