The Conquest of the Air (1931)

Name: The Conquest of the Air
Director: Zoltan Korda
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 1931-12-01
Duration: 71 min
Cast: Frederick Culley, Laurence Olivier, Franklin Dyall, Henry Victor, Hay Petrie

19311h 11mHistoryDocumentary

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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Cast

Frederick CulleyRoger Bacon
Laurence OlivierVincent Lunardi
Franklin DyallJerome de Ascoli
Henry VictorOtto Lilienthal
Hay PetrieTiberius Cavallo
John TurnbullVon Zeppelin
CCharles LefeauxLouis Bleriot
BBryan PowleyGeorge Cayley
Alan WheatleyGiovanni Alfonso Borelli
John AbbottJean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Charles FrendNarrator (voice)
Edward Ashley(uncredited)
IItalo BalboItalo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Memo BenassiFrancesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)
DDenville BondOliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)
TTom Campbell BlackTom Black (archive footage) (uncredited)
CCharles CarrettLatham's Manager (uncredited)
Andrea ChecchiZoroastro (uncredited)

Crew

Directors: Zoltan Korda Alexander Esway John Monk Saunders Alexander Shaw Donald Taylor
Writers: John Monk Saunders Hugh Gray Peter Bezencenet Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Producers: Alexander Korda
Editing: Peter Bezencenet Richard Q. McNaughton

Details

Released: December 1, 1931
Language: English
Studio: London Films Productions
IMDb: tt0032354