The Conquest of the Air
Rating: 5.4 · 1931 · History, Documentary · United Kingdom · 1 ч 11 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 1931
- Genre
- History, Documentary
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1 ч 11 мин
- TMDB
- 5.4
- IMDb
- 5.4
Director
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
- 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)
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