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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1936-12-01
- video_camera_front Companies London Films Productions
- timer Runtime: 71 Mins
- star Rating: 4.2 / 10
- favorite Likes: 4 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0032354
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Frederick Culley
Roger Bacon

Laurence Olivier
Vincent Lunardi

Franklin Dyall
Jerome de Ascoli

Henry Victor
Otto Lilienthal

Hay Petrie
Tiberius Cavallo

John Turnbull
Von Zeppelin

Charles Lefeaux
Louis Bleriot

Bryan Powley
George Cayley

Alan Wheatley
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

John Abbott
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

Charles Frend
Narrator (voice)

Edward Ashley
(uncredited)

Italo Balbo
Italo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Memo Benassi
Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)

Denville Bond
Oliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)

Tom Campbell Black
Tom Black (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Carrett
Latham's Manager (uncredited)

Andrea Checchi
Zoroastro (uncredited)

Arthur Clouston
Arthur Clouston (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul Codos
Paul Codos (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bryan Coleman
(uncredited)

Derrick De Marney
(uncredited)

Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)

Don Gemmell
(uncredited)

Cameron Hall
Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)

Henry Hallatt
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (uncredited)

Pearl Hay
(uncredited)

Ronnie Hepworth
Boy (uncredited)

Charles Hickman
Orville Wright (uncredited)

Bert Hinkler
Bert Hinkler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Anthony Holles
Mechanic (uncredited)

David Horne
Nero (uncredited)

Amy Johnson
Amy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Kingsford Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

Betty Kirby-Green
Betty Kirby-Green (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kenneth Kove
Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)

Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)

Peter Madden
American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)

Percy Marmont
Wilbur Wright (uncredited)

David Nicol
Alfred Leblanc (uncredited)

Carlo Ninchi
Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)

Hilary Pritchard
Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)

Michael Rennie
Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)

Maurice Rossi
Maurice Rossi (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roy Royston
Hubert Latham (uncredited)

C.W.A. Scott
C.W.A. Scott (archive footage) (uncredited)

Margaretta Scott
Isobella d'Este (uncredited)

Leonard Shepherd
Abbot Damian of Sterling (uncredited)

Dick Vernon
Simon the Magician (uncredited)

Ben Webster
Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)
groups Crew

Alexander Esway
Director

John Monk Saunders
Director

Zoltan Korda
Director

Alexander Korda
Producer

Alexander Shaw
Director

Hugh Gray
Writer

Peter Bezencenet
Writer

Hans Schneeberger
Cinematography

Nigel Tangye
Associate Producer

Richard Q. McNaughton
Editor

Lee Garmes
Cinematography

George Noble
Cinematography

William Cameron Menzies
Art Direction

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Story

John Monk Saunders
Writer

Donald Taylor
Director

Arthur Bliss
Music

Peter Bezencenet
Editor

Charles Frend
Supervising Editor

Wilkie Cooper
Cinematography
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