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The Conquest of the Air

1931 · Alexander Esway · 71 min

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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.

Frederick CulleyRoger BaconLaurence OlivierVincent LunardiFranklin DyallJerome de AscoliHenry VictorOtto LilienthalHay PetrieTiberius CavalloJohn TurnbullVon ZeppelinCCharles LefeauxLouis BleriotBBryan PowleyGeorge CayleyAlan WheatleyGiovanni Alfonso BorelliJohn AbbottJean-François Pilâtre de RozierCharles FrendNarrator (voice)Edward Ashley(uncredited)IItalo BalboItalo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)Memo BenassiFrancesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)DDenville BondOliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)

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Frederick CulleyRoger BaconLaurence OlivierVincent LunardiFranklin DyallJerome de AscoliHenry VictorOtto LilienthalHay PetrieTiberius CavalloJohn TurnbullVon ZeppelinCCharles LefeauxLouis BleriotBBryan PowleyGeorge CayleyAlan WheatleyGiovanni Alfonso BorelliJohn AbbottJean-François Pilâtre de RozierCharles FrendNarrator (voice)Edward Ashley(uncredited)IItalo BalboItalo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)Memo BenassiFrancesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)DDenville BondOliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)

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