Schindler's List
1993 · Drama · History
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Film / 1931
The Conquest of the Air
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.
The story
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
Frederick CulleyRoger Bacon
Laurence OlivierVincent Lunardi
Franklin DyallJerome de Ascoli
Henry VictorOtto Lilienthal
Hay PetrieTiberius Cavallo
John TurnbullVon Zeppelin
Charles LefeauxLouis Bleriot
Bryan PowleyGeorge Cayley
Alan WheatleyGiovanni Alfonso Borelli
John AbbottJean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Charles FrendNarrator (voice)
Edward Ashley(uncredited)
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Italo BalboItalo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Memo BenassiFrancesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)
Denville BondOliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)
Tom Campbell BlackTom Black (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles CarrettLatham's Manager (uncredited)
Andrea ChecchiZoroastro (uncredited)
Arthur CloustonArthur Clouston (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul CodosPaul Codos (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bryan Coleman(uncredited)
Derrick De Marney(uncredited)
Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don Gemmell(uncredited)
Cameron HallDr. John Jeffries (uncredited)
Henry HallattJean-Pierre Blanchard (uncredited)
Pearl Hay(uncredited)
Ronnie HepworthBoy (uncredited)
Charles HickmanOrville Wright (uncredited)
Bert HinklerBert Hinkler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anthony HollesMechanic (uncredited)
David HorneNero (uncredited)
Amy JohnsonAmy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Kingsford SmithCharles Kingsford Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Kirby-GreenBetty Kirby-Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kenneth KoveGentleman at Reception (uncredited)
Charles A. LindberghCharles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter MaddenAmerican Airliner Pilot (uncredited)
Percy MarmontWilbur Wright (uncredited)
David NicolAlfred Leblanc (uncredited)
Carlo NinchiGabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)
Hilary PritchardCayley's Coachman (uncredited)
Michael RennieMarquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)
Maurice RossiMaurice Rossi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roy RoystonHubert Latham (uncredited)
C.W.A. ScottC.W.A. Scott (archive footage) (uncredited)
Margaretta ScottIsobella d'Este (uncredited)
Leonard ShepherdAbbot Damian of Sterling (uncredited)
Dick VernonSimon the Magician (uncredited)
Ben WebsterLeonardo da Vinci (uncredited)
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