The Conquest of the Air
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.
1931-12-01
en
Cast
Director
Alexander Esway
Director
Zoltan Korda
Frederick Culley as Roger Bacon
Laurence Olivier as Vincent Lunardi
Franklin Dyall as Jerome de Ascoli
Henry Victor as Otto Lilienthal
Hay Petrie as Tiberius Cavallo
John Turnbull as Von Zeppelin
Alan Wheatley as Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
John Abbott as Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Charles Frend as Narrator (voice)
Edward Ashley as (uncredited)
Memo Benassi as Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)
Andrea Checchi as Zoroastro (uncredited)
Derrick De Marney as (uncredited)
Amelia Earhart as Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cameron Hall as Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)
David Horne as Nero (uncredited)
Kenneth Kove as Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)
Charles A. Lindbergh as Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Madden as American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)
Percy Marmont as Wilbur Wright (uncredited)
Carlo Ninchi as Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)
Hilary Pritchard as Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)
Michael Rennie as Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)
Roy Royston as Hubert Latham (uncredited)
Margaretta Scott as Isobella d'Este (uncredited)
Ben Webster as Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)