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The Conquest of the Air

(1931)

December 1, 1931• 1h 11m
42%
TMDB Score

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.

Alexander Esway

Director

Top Billed Cast

FC

Frederick Culley

Roger Bacon

LO

Laurence Olivier

Vincent Lunardi

FD

Franklin Dyall

Jerome de Ascoli

HV

Henry Victor

Otto Lilienthal

HP

Hay Petrie

Tiberius Cavallo

JT

John Turnbull

Von Zeppelin

CL

Charles Lefeaux

Louis Bleriot

BP

Bryan Powley

George Cayley

AW

Alan Wheatley

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

JA

John Abbott

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

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