Conquest of the Air
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Music director Arthur Bliss Country United Kingdom | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama, History Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Zoltan Korda
John Monk Saunders
Alexander Esway
William Cameron Menzies
Alexander Shaw
Peter Bezencenet Release date December 1936 (UK)
20 May 1940 (US release of revised edition) Writer Peter Bezencenet (commentary), Hugh Gray (commentary), John Monk Saunders, Antoine de Saint-Exupery (stories) Initial release December 1936 (United Kingdom) Directors Zoltan Korda, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Esway Screenplay John Monk Saunders, Hugh Gray, Peter Bezencenet Cast Frederick Culley (Roger Bacon), Laurence Olivier (Vincent Lunardi), Franklin Dyall (Jerome de Ascoli), Henry Victor (Otto Lilienthal), Hay Petrie (Tiberius Cavallo), John Turnbull (Von Zeppelin)Similar movies Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb , The Man from Earth , Ice Age , We're the Millers , The Railway Man , The Croods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conquest of the air
Conquest of the Air is a 1936 documentary film or docudrama on the history of aviation, until the early stages of World War II. The film features historical footage, and dramatic re-creations, of the developments of commercial and military aviation; including the early stages of technology developments in design, propulsion, and air navigation aids. The film was a London Films production, commissioned by the Air Ministry of the British Government.
Contents
- Conquest of the air
- Arthur bliss conquest of the air suite from the film music t 56 1936
- Production background
- References
Arthur bliss conquest of the air suite from the film music t 56 1936
Production background
The film was initially commissioned by Alexander Korda prior to the advent of World War II, and the Air Ministry saw the value in promoting Britain's contribution and leadership in aviation during this period. Some notable footage is featured of the early phases of automated flight, navigational equipment, and the transitions between civil and military developments, including heavy bombers; fast fighter aircraft; and the advent of naval aviation (aircraft carrier), plus the initial experiments with vertical rotary flight (helicopters).
An updated version was released in 1940 and released in the United States on 20 May 1940.
References
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