The Conquest of the Air
1931, English. Directed by Alexander Esway & Zoltan Korda & John Monk Saunders & Alexander Shaw & Donald Taylor.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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The Conquest of the Air is streaming on Artiflix in India.
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Cast & crew
- Alexander EswayDirector
- Zoltan KordaDirector
- John Monk SaundersDirector
- Alexander ShawDirector
- Donald TaylorDirector
- Frederick CulleyRoger Bacon
- Laurence OlivierVincent Lunardi
- Franklin DyallJerome de Ascoli
- Henry VictorOtto Lilienthal
- Hay PetrieTiberius Cavallo
- John TurnbullVon Zeppelin
- Charles LefeauxLouis Bleriot
- Bryan PowleyGeorge Cayley
- Alan WheatleyGiovanni Alfonso Borelli
- John AbbottJean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
- Charles FrendNarrator (voice)
- Edward Ashley(uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 1 December 1931
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, John Monk Saunders, Hugh Gray
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The Conquest of the Air runs 71 minutes (1h 11m).
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Which OTT platform is The Conquest of the Air on?
The Conquest of the Air is streaming on Artiflix in India. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Conquest of the Air?
If you liked The Conquest of the Air, try Another Day of Life, Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, Visions of Light.
Who directed The Conquest of the Air?
The Conquest of the Air (1931) was directed by Alexander Esway and Zoltan Korda and John Monk Saunders and Alexander Shaw and Donald Taylor and stars Frederick Culley, Laurence Olivier, Franklin Dyall.