The Conquest of the Air (1931)

Name: The Conquest of the Air
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 1931-12-01
Duration: 71 min
Cast: Frederick Culley, Laurence Olivier, Franklin Dyall, Henry Victor, Hay Petrie

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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Released 1931-12-01 · 71 min · History, Documentary

Directed by Alexander Esway, John Monk Saunders, Zoltan Korda

Cast

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
Charles Lefeaux as Louis Bleriot
Bryan Powley as George Cayley
Alan Wheatley as Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
John Abbott as Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Charles Frend as Narrator (voice)
Edward Ashley as (uncredited)
Italo Balbo as Italo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Memo Benassi as Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)
Denville Bond as Oliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)