The Conquest of the Air

Name: The Conquest of the Air
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 1931
Duration: 71 min
Rating: 5.4

1931 · 71 min

History · Documentary

★ 5.4

Criterion

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.

Crew

Director Alexander Esway
Director Zoltan Korda
Director John Monk Saunders
Director Alexander Shaw
Director Donald Taylor
Writer John Monk Saunders
Writer Hugh Gray
Writer Peter Bezencenet

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
C
Charles Lefeaux
Louis Bleriot
B
Bryan Powley
George Cayley
Alan Wheatley
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
John Abbott
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Charles Frend
Narrator (voice)
Edward Ashley
(uncredited)

Crew

Director — Alexander Esway
Director — Zoltan Korda
Director — John Monk Saunders
Director — Alexander Shaw
Director — Donald Taylor
Writer — John Monk Saunders
Writer — Hugh Gray
Writer — Peter Bezencenet

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