The Conquest of the Air
4 reviews
History/Documentary
1h 11m
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.
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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.
- DirectorZoltan Korda
- Release1 December 1936
- Genre
- Duration1h 11m
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- Revenue?
- Rate4 reviews
- Productions
London Films Productions
Cast

Frederick Culley
Roger Bacon

Laurence Olivier
Vincent Lunardi

Franklin Dyall
Jerome de Ascoli

Hay Petrie
Tiberius Cavallo

John Turnbull
Von Zeppelin

Alan Wheatley
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

John Abbott
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

Charles Frend
Narrator (voice)

Edward Ashley
(uncredited)

Andrea Checchi
Zoroastro (uncredited)

Derrick De Marney
(uncredited)

Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cameron Hall
Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)

David Horne
Nero (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)

Carlo Ninchi
Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)

Hilary Pritchard
Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)

Michael Rennie
Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)

Roy Royston
Hubert Latham (uncredited)

Margaretta Scott
Isobella d'Este (uncredited)

Ben Webster
Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)
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