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