The Conquest of the Air (1931)
1h 11m | PG-13
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: Alexander Esway
Studio: London Films Productions
Genre: History, Documentary
Video: 720p
Cast
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