The Conquest of the Air
(1936)

Released: 1936-12-01

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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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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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