The Conquest of the Air
1936This 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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Frederick Culley
as Roger Bacon
Laurence Olivier
as Vincent Lunardi
Franklin Dyall
as Jerome de Ascoli
Henry Victor
as Otto Lilienthal
Hay Petrie
as Tiberius Cavallo
John Turnbull
as Von Zeppelin
Charles Lefeaux
as Louis Bleriot
Bryan Powley
as George Cayley
Alan Wheatley
as Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
John Abbott
as Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Charles Frend
as Narrator (voice)
Edward Ashley
as (uncredited)
Italo Balbo
as Italo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Memo Benassi
as Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)
Denville Bond
as Oliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)
Tom Campbell Black
as Tom Black (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Carrett
as Latham's Manager (uncredited)
Andrea Checchi
as Zoroastro (uncredited)
Arthur Clouston
as Arthur Clouston (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Codos
as Paul Codos (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bryan Coleman
as (uncredited)
Derrick De Marney
as (uncredited)
Amelia Earhart
as Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don Gemmell
as (uncredited)
Cameron Hall
as Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)
Henry Hallatt
as Jean-Pierre Blanchard (uncredited)
Pearl Hay
as (uncredited)
Ronnie Hepworth
as Boy (uncredited)
Charles Hickman
as Orville Wright (uncredited)
Bert Hinkler
as Bert Hinkler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anthony Holles
as Mechanic (uncredited)
David Horne
as Nero (uncredited)
Amy Johnson
as Amy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Kingsford Smith
as Charles Kingsford Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Kirby-Green
as Betty Kirby-Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kenneth Kove
as Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)
Charles A. Lindbergh
as Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Madden
as American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)
Percy Marmont
as Wilbur Wright (uncredited)
David Nicol
as Alfred Leblanc (uncredited)
Carlo Ninchi
as Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)
Hilary Pritchard
as Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
as Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)
Maurice Rossi
as Maurice Rossi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roy Royston
as Hubert Latham (uncredited)
C.W.A. Scott
as C.W.A. Scott (archive footage) (uncredited)
Margaretta Scott
as Isobella d'Este (uncredited)
Leonard Shepherd
as Abbot Damian of Sterling (uncredited)
Dick Vernon
as Simon the Magician (uncredited)
Ben Webster
as Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)
