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
Story
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
Alan Wheatley
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
John Abbott
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Charles Frend
Narrator (voice)
Edward Ashley
(uncredited)
Andrea Checchi
Zoroastro (uncredited)
Derrick De Marney
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cameron Hall
Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)
David Horne
Nero (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)
Carlo Ninchi
Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)
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StatusReleased: 88 years agoDecember 1, 1936
LanguageEnglish
Spoken LanguagesEnglish
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