The Conquest of the Air (1931)

★ 4.2/10 71 min History, Documentary United Kingdom English

Directors: Alexander Esway , Zoltan Korda , John Monk Saunders , Alexander Shaw , Donald Taylor

Story by: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Writers: John Monk Saunders, Hugh Gray, Peter Bezencenet

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Description

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.

Top 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

Charles Lefeaux Louis Bleriot

Bryan Powley George Cayley