The Conquest of the Air

The Conquest of the Air (1936)


  • Genre: History, Documentary
  • Release Date: 1936-12-01
  • User Rating: 4.2/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 11min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: London Films Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Directors: Alexander Esway, John Monk Saunders, Zoltan Korda, Alexander Shaw, Donald Taylor.
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Summary

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)

  • 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)
Directing Alexander Esway Director
Production Alexander Korda Producer
Directing John Monk Saunders Director
Directing Zoltan Korda Director
Directing Alexander Shaw Director
Writing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Story
Writing John Monk Saunders Writer
Writing Hugh Gray Writer
Writing Peter Bezencenet Writer
Production Nigel Tangye Associate Producer
Sound Arthur Bliss Music
Editing Peter Bezencenet Editor
Editing Richard Q. McNaughton Editor
Editing Charles Frend Supervising Editor
Crew Lee Garmes Cinematography
Crew Hans Schneeberger Cinematography
Crew Wilkie Cooper Cinematography
Crew George Noble Cinematography
Art William Cameron Menzies Art Direction
Directing Donald Taylor Director

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