The Conquest of the Air

    The Conquest of the Air
    1936

    Synopsis

    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 CulleyRoger Bacon
    • Laurence OlivierVincent Lunardi
    • Franklin DyallJerome de Ascoli
    • Henry VictorOtto Lilienthal
    • Hay PetrieTiberius Cavallo
    • John TurnbullVon Zeppelin
    • Charles LefeauxLouis Bleriot
    • Bryan PowleyGeorge Cayley
    • Alan WheatleyGiovanni Alfonso Borelli
    • John AbbottJean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

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