The Conquest of the Air (1931)
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.
Directors: Zoltan Korda, Alexander Esway, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Shaw, Donald Taylor.
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Frederick Culley as Roger Bacon |
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Laurence Olivier as Vincent Lunardi |
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Franklin Dyall as Jerome de Ascoli |
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Henry Victor as Otto Lilienthal |
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Hay Petrie as Tiberius Cavallo |
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John Turnbull as Von Zeppelin |
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Charles Lefeaux as Louis Bleriot |
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Bryan Powley as George Cayley |
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Alan Wheatley as Giovanni Alfonso Borelli |
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John Abbott as Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier |
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Charles Frend as Narrator (voice) |
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Edward Ashley as (uncredited) |
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Italo Balbo as Italo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Memo Benassi as Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited) |
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Denville Bond as Oliver of Malmesbury (uncredited) |
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Tom Campbell Black as Tom Black (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Charles Carrett as Latham's Manager (uncredited) |
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Andrea Checchi as Zoroastro (uncredited) |
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Arthur Clouston as Arthur Clouston (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Paul Codos as Paul Codos (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Bryan Coleman as (uncredited) |
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Derrick De Marney as (uncredited) |
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Amelia Earhart as Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Don Gemmell as (uncredited) |
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Cameron Hall as Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited) |
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Henry Hallatt as Jean-Pierre Blanchard (uncredited) |
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Pearl Hay as (uncredited) |
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Ronnie Hepworth as Boy (uncredited) |
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Charles Hickman as Orville Wright (uncredited) |
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Bert Hinkler as Bert Hinkler (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Anthony Holles as Mechanic (uncredited) |
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David Horne as Nero (uncredited) |
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Amy Johnson as Amy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Charles Kingsford Smith as Charles Kingsford Smith (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Betty Kirby-Green as Betty Kirby-Green (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Kenneth Kove as Gentleman at Reception (uncredited) |
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Charles A. Lindbergh as Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Peter Madden as American Airliner Pilot (uncredited) |
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Percy Marmont as Wilbur Wright (uncredited) |
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David Nicol as Alfred Leblanc (uncredited) |
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Carlo Ninchi as Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited) |
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Hilary Pritchard as Cayley's Coachman (uncredited) |
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Michael Rennie as Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited) |
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Maurice Rossi as Maurice Rossi (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Roy Royston as Hubert Latham (uncredited) |
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C.W.A. Scott as C.W.A. Scott (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Margaretta Scott as Isobella d'Este (uncredited) |
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Leonard Shepherd as Abbot Damian of Sterling (uncredited) |
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Dick Vernon as Simon the Magician (uncredited) |
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Ben Webster as Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited) |
| Directing | Zoltan Korda | Director |
| Production | Alexander Korda | Producer |
| Directing | Alexander Esway | Director |
| Directing | John Monk Saunders | Director |
| Directing | Alexander Shaw | Director |
| Editing | Peter Bezencenet | Editor |
| Editing | Charles Frend | Supervising Editor |
| Writing | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Story |
| Writing | John Monk Saunders | Writer |
| Production | Nigel Tangye | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Wilkie Cooper | Cinematography |
| Writing | Hugh Gray | Writer |
| Writing | Peter Bezencenet | Writer |
| Editing | Richard Q. McNaughton | Editor |
| Crew | Hans Schneeberger | Cinematography |
| Crew | George Noble | Cinematography |
| Art | William Cameron Menzies | Art Direction |
| Sound | Arthur Bliss | Music |
| Crew | Lee Garmes | Cinematography |
| Directing | Donald Taylor | Director |
