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