Conquest of the Air

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Conquest of the Air (Dec-1936)

Directors: Alexander Esway; Zoltán Korda; John Monk Saunders; Donald Taylor; Alexander Shaw

Writers: Peter Bezencenet; John Monk Saunders

From stories by: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Special Music Composed by: Arthur Bliss

Producer: Alexander Korda

Keywords: Documentary

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John Abbott Actor 5-Jun-1905 24-May-1996 The Woman in White

Laurence Olivier Actor 22-May-1907 11-Jul-1989 Shakespearean actor

Henry Victor Actor 2-Oct-1892 15-Mar-1945 Freaks

CAST

Spoken by
Charles Frend ... Narratory
Principal Characters in Order of Appearance
Frederick Culley ... Roger Bacon
Franklin Dyall ... Jerome de Ascoli
Alan Wheatley ... Borelli
Hay Petrie ... Tiberius Cavallo
John Abbott ... De Rozier
Laurence Olivier ... Vincent Lunardi
Bryan Powley ... Sir George Cayley
Henry Victor ... Otto Lilienthal
John Turnbull ... Von Zeppelin
Charles Lefeaux ... Louis Bleriot

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