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The Conquest of the Air

1931
Directed byAlexander Esway
1h 11m

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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Frederick CulleyRoger BaconLaurence OlivierVincent LunardiFranklin DyallJerome de Ascoli
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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
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HistoryDocumentary
STATUSReleased
RATING
4.2

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