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The Conquest of the Air (Original title)
Date: 1940 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: 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

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (8)
In: The Film User v6 n68 June 1952  Page: 297
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.