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Documentary

The Conquest of the Air

5.4Dec 1, 193171 min

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.

Cast

Laurence Olivier

Vincent Lunardi

Franklin Dyall

Jerome de Ascoli

Henry Victor

Otto Lilienthal

John Turnbull

Von Zeppelin

John Abbott

Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

Charles Frend

Narrator (voice)

Edward Ashley

(uncredited)

Andrea Checchi

Zoroastro (uncredited)

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