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.
Roger Bacon
Vincent Lunardi
Jerome de Ascoli
Otto Lilienthal
Tiberius Cavallo
Von Zeppelin
Louis Bleriot
George Cayley
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Narrator (voice)
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Italo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)
Oliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)
Tom Black (archive footage) (uncredited)
Latham's Manager (uncredited)
Zoroastro (uncredited)
Arthur Clouston (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Codos (archive footage) (uncredited)
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Boy (uncredited)
Orville Wright (uncredited)
Bert Hinkler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mechanic (uncredited)
Nero (uncredited)
Amy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Kingsford Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Kirby-Green (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)
Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)
American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)
Wilbur Wright (uncredited)
Alfred Leblanc (uncredited)
Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)
Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)
Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)
Maurice Rossi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hubert Latham (uncredited)
C.W.A. Scott (archive footage) (uncredited)
Isobella d'Este (uncredited)
Abbot Damian of Sterling (uncredited)
Simon the Magician (uncredited)
Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)
Director
