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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.
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)
Character :(uncredited)
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)
Character :Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character :Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)
Character :Jean-Pierre Blanchard (uncredited)
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)
