01 December 1931 History, Factual 71 mins
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.
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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)
Alexander Esway Director
John Monk Saunders Director
Zoltan Korda Director
Alexander Korda Producer
Alexander Shaw Director
Hugh Gray Writer
Peter Bezencenet Writer
Hans Schneeberger Cinematography
Nigel Tangye Associate Producer
Richard Q. McNaughton Editor
Lee Garmes Cinematography
George Noble Cinematography
William Cameron Menzies Art Direction
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Story
John Monk Saunders Writer
Donald Taylor Director
La conquista dell'aria Trailer
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