The Conquest of the Air (1936)

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.

Directing:
  • Zoltan Korda
  • Alexander Esway
  • John Monk Saunders
  • Donald Taylor
  • Alexander Shaw

Writing:
  • Hugh Gray
  • John Monk Saunders
  • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Stars:
Release Date: 1936-12-01
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  • Country: GB
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 71
Andrea Checchi
Andrea Checch...
Zoroastro (uncredited)
Percy Marmont
Percy Marmont
Wilbur Wright (uncredited)
Kenneth Kove
Kenneth Kove
Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)
Derrick De Marney
Derrick De Ma...
(uncredited)
Hay Petrie
Hay Petrie
Tiberius Cavallo
Carlo Ninchi
Carlo Ninchi
Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)
Peter Madden
Peter Madden
American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
Michael Renni...
Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)
John Abbott
John Abbott
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Margaretta Scott
Margaretta Sc...
Isobella d'Este (uncredited)
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Oliv...
Vincent Lunardi
Edward Ashley
Edward Ashley
(uncredited)
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhar...
Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Victor
Henry Victor
Otto Lilienthal
David Horne
David Horne
Nero (uncredited)
Frederick Culley
Frederick Cul...
Roger Bacon
Franklin Dyall
Franklin Dyal...
Jerome de Ascoli
John Turnbull
John Turnbull
Von Zeppelin
Alan Wheatley
Alan Wheatley
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Charles Frend
Charles Frend
Narrator (voice)
Cameron Hall
Cameron Hall
Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles A. Li...
Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hilary Pritchard
Hilary Pritch...
Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)