The Conquest of the Air (Original title)
Date: 1940 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Zoltan Korda, Alexandre Esway, Donald Taylor, Alexander Shaw, John Monk Saunders, William Cameron Menzies
Synopsis: World 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.
Genre: Drama-documentary
Subjects: Churchill, Winston (1874-1965), Crop spraying, Firefighting, Fires, Forests, Autogyros, Aeroplanes, Helicopters, History, Gliders, Seaplanes, World War I, Air mail
Releases
Date: 1940Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 71 mins Length: 6368 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [The Film User - v6 n68 June 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1964 7 Dec 1944
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1964 7 Dec 1944: no known title]Language: English
Description: Running time cut 44 mins?.
In: Today's Cinema v63 n5119 5 Dec 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v63 n5119 5 Dec 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1727 23 May 1940
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1727 23 May 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v54 n4418 22 May 1940
Title: [Today's Cinema - v54 n4418 22 May 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v139 n10 8 Jun 1940
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v139 n10 8 Jun 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v7 n78 June 1940 Page: 87
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v7 n78 June 1940: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Weekly production costs, 9.3., 25.5.-14.9.1935.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5870 FeetBFI identifier: C-33477
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5870 FeetBFI identifier: C-33477
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 5899 FeetBFI identifier: C-33485
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 5886 FeetBFI identifier: C-33486
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 5888 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-33479
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 5888 FeetBFI identifier: C-33480
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 200 FeetStock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-33474
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 200 FeetStock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-33475
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1940 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Zoltan Korda, Alexandre Esway, Donald Taylor, Alexander Shaw, John Monk Saunders, William Cameron Menzies
Synopsis: World 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.
Genre: Drama-documentary
Subjects: Churchill, Winston (1874-1965), Crop spraying, Firefighting, Fires, Forests, Autogyros, Aeroplanes, Helicopters, History, Gliders, Seaplanes, World War I, Air mail
Releases
Date: 1940Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 71 mins Length: 6368 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(30)
Presents: London Films, Producer: Alexander Korda, Associate Producer: Nigel Tangye, Production Supervisor: John J. Croydon, Continuity: Phyllis Ross, Story: John Monk Saunders, Commentary Written by: Peter Bezencenet, Hugh Gray, Photography: Wilkie Cooper, Photography: Hans Schneeberger, Photography: George Noble, Photography: Lee Garmes, Supervising Editor: Charles Frend, Editor: Peter Bezencenet, Editor: Richard Q. McNaughton, Editor: William Hornbeck, Assistant Editor: Adam Dawson, Designer: Vincent Korda, Designer: John Bryan, Special Music Composed By: Arthur Bliss, Musical Director: Muir Mathieson, Director of Recording: A.W. Watkins, Boom Operator: John W. Mitchell, Technical Adviser: Nigel Tangye
Cast
(26)
Charles Frend (Commentary Spoken By), Laurence Olivier (Vincent Lunardi), Franklin Dyall (Jerome de Ascoli), Hay Petrie (Tiberius Cavallo), Henry Victor (Otto Lilienthal), John Turnbull (Von Zeppelin), John Abbott (De Rozier), Frederick Culley (Roger Bacon), Alan Wheatley (Borelli), Bryan Powley (Sir George Cayley), Charles Lefaux (Louis Blériot), Ben Webster ([Leonardo da Vinci]), Percy Marmont ([Wilbur Wright]), Dick Vernon ([Simon the magician]), Denville Bond ([Oliver the monk]), Charles Hickman ([Orville Wright]), Margaretta Scott ([Isobella d'Este]), David Horne, Michael Rennie, Edward Ashley, Anthony Bruce, Bryan Coleman, Derrick de Marney, Don Gemmell, Cameron Hall, John Rayner Jacques
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(8)
In: The Film User v6 n68 June 1952 Page: 297Title: [The Film User - v6 n68 June 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1964 7 Dec 1944
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1964 7 Dec 1944: no known title]Language: English
Description: Running time cut 44 mins?.
In: Today's Cinema v63 n5119 5 Dec 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v63 n5119 5 Dec 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1727 23 May 1940
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1727 23 May 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v54 n4418 22 May 1940
Title: [Today's Cinema - v54 n4418 22 May 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v139 n10 8 Jun 1940
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v139 n10 8 Jun 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v7 n78 June 1940 Page: 87
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v7 n78 June 1940: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Weekly production costs, 9.3., 25.5.-14.9.1935.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5870 FeetBFI identifier: C-33477
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(7)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5870 FeetBFI identifier: C-33477
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 5899 FeetBFI identifier: C-33485
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 5886 FeetBFI identifier: C-33486
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 5888 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-33479
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 5888 FeetBFI identifier: C-33480
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 200 FeetStock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-33474
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 200 FeetStock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-33475
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film