The Conquest of the Air

Overview

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.

Details

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)