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.
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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)
Where to watch The Conquest of the Air
Criterion Channel, Artiflix, Fawesome
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