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- BFI identifier13297
- Date1940 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisWorld history of man's efforts to fly from the Middle Ages to 1940. The Early enthusiasts who stepped off pinnacles with wings attached to their arms, the experiments with the very early gliders which led to the Wright Brother's success, the first balloons and airships, Bleriot's triumph and the subsequent developments in distance, speed and weight. (Synopsis)
- Work historyFilming took place between 1936 and 1938, and the film which now exists was trade shown in May 1940, although it may not have been released. Never registered with the Board of Trade. No copyright details on credits of film.
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- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Zoltan Korda [uncredited]
Director: Alexandre Esway [uncredited]
Director: Donald Taylor [uncredited]
view all - CastCharles Frend (Commentary Spoken By)
Laurence Olivier (Vincent Lunardi)
Franklin Dyall (Jerome de Ascoli)
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Title
The Conquest of the Air (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/DD5D-37DE-3040-E3F6-8568-QCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: by John Monk Saunders - SCR-5812
Script - Original story: by John Monk Saunders - SCR-5813
Script - Original story: by John Monk Saunders - SCR-5814
See SIR DAVID CUNYNGHAME Collection (Item 3), and LONDON FILM PRODUCTIONS Collection List (A/016) and see PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY MATERIAL List (United Artists).
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Work - 13297 - 1940 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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