The Conquest of the Air
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.
Release Date
December 1, 1936Runtime
71 minDirected by
Alexander Esway, Zoltan Korda, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Shaw, Donald TaylorWritten by
John Monk Saunders, Hugh Gray, Peter BezencenetStory by
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
Cast
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
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)Images
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Conquest Of The Air
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