The Conquest of the Air

Overview

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.

Release Date

01 December 1936

71 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Roger Bacon
Vincent Lunardi
Jerome de Ascoli
Otto Lilienthal
Tiberius Cavallo
Von Zeppelin
Louis Bleriot
George Cayley
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Narrator (voice)
(uncredited)