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The Conquest of the Air

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Calorie Rating: 100
Released: 1936-12-01
Running Time: 71 Minutes
Studios: London Films Productions,


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.

Director / Directors




Cast

Frederick Culley
Character: Roger Bacon
Laurence Olivier
Character: Vincent Lunardi
Franklin Dyall
Character: Jerome de Ascoli

Henry Victor
Character: Otto Lilienthal
Hay Petrie
Character: Tiberius Cavallo
John Turnbull
Character: Von Zeppelin

Charles Lefeaux
Character: Louis Bleriot
Bryan Powley
Character: George Cayley
Alan Wheatley
Character: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

John Abbott
Character: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Charles Frend
Character: Narrator (voice)
Edward Ashley
Character: (uncredited)

Italo Balbo
Character: Italo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Memo Benassi
Character: Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)
Denville Bond
Character: Oliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)

Tom Campbell Black
Character: Tom Black (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Carrett
Character: Latham's Manager (uncredited)
Andrea Checchi
Character: Zoroastro (uncredited)

Arthur Clouston
Character: Arthur Clouston (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Codos
Character: Paul Codos (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bryan Coleman
Character: (uncredited)

Derrick De Marney
Character: (uncredited)
Amelia Earhart
Character: Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don Gemmell
Character: (uncredited)

Cameron Hall
Character: Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)
Henry Hallatt
Character: Jean-Pierre Blanchard (uncredited)
Pearl Hay
Character: (uncredited)

Ronnie Hepworth
Character: Boy (uncredited)
Charles Hickman
Character: Orville Wright (uncredited)
Bert Hinkler
Character: Bert Hinkler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Anthony Holles
Character: Mechanic (uncredited)
David Horne
Character: Nero (uncredited)
Amy Johnson
Character: Amy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Kingsford Smith
Character: Charles Kingsford Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Kirby-Green
Character: Betty Kirby-Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kenneth Kove
Character: Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)

Charles A. Lindbergh
Character: Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Madden
Character: American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)
Percy Marmont
Character: Wilbur Wright (uncredited)

David Nicol
Character: Alfred Leblanc (uncredited)
Carlo Ninchi
Character: Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)
Hilary Pritchard
Character: Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)

Michael Rennie
Character: Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)
Maurice Rossi
Character: Maurice Rossi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roy Royston
Character: Hubert Latham (uncredited)

C.W.A. Scott
Character: C.W.A. Scott (archive footage) (uncredited)
Margaretta Scott
Character: Isobella d'Este (uncredited)
Leonard Shepherd
Character: Abbot Damian of Sterling (uncredited)

Dick Vernon
Character: Simon the Magician (uncredited)
Ben Webster
Character: Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)


Production and Crew


Nigel Tangye
Associate Producer


Charles Frend
Supervising Editor
Lee Garmes
Cinematography
Hans Schneeberger
Cinematography

Wilkie Cooper
Cinematography
George Noble
Cinematography