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The Conquest of the Air

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.

1936 |1h 11m |  History, Documentary

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Cast

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Frederick Culley

Roger Bacon

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Laurence Olivier

Vincent Lunardi

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Franklin Dyall

Jerome de Ascoli

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Henry Victor

Otto Lilienthal

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Hay Petrie

Tiberius Cavallo

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John Turnbull

Von Zeppelin

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Alan Wheatley

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

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John Abbott

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

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Edward Ashley

(uncredited)

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Andrea Checchi

Zoroastro (uncredited)

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Derrick De Marney

(uncredited)

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Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Cameron Hall

Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)

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David Horne

Nero (uncredited)

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Kenneth Kove

Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)

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Charles A. Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Peter Madden

American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)

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Percy Marmont

Wilbur Wright (uncredited)

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Carlo Ninchi

Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)

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Hilary Pritchard

Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)

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Michael Rennie

Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)

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Roy Royston

Hubert Latham (uncredited)

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Margaretta Scott

Isobella d'Este (uncredited)

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Ben Webster

Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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