The Conquest of the Air

Frederick Culley

As Roger Bacon

Laurence Olivier

As Vincent Lunardi

Franklin Dyall

As Jerome de Ascoli

Henry Victor

As Otto Lilienthal

Hay Petrie

As Tiberius Cavallo

John Turnbull

As Von Zeppelin

Charles Lefeaux

As Louis Bleriot

Bryan Powley

As George Cayley

Alan Wheatley

As Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

John Abbott

As Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

Charles Frend

As Narrator (voice)

Edward Ashley

As (uncredited)

Italo Balbo

As Italo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Memo Benassi

As Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)

Denville Bond

As Oliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)

Tom Campbell Black

As Tom Black (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Carrett

As Latham's Manager (uncredited)

Andrea Checchi

As Zoroastro (uncredited)

Arthur Clouston

As Arthur Clouston (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul Codos

As Paul Codos (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bryan Coleman

As (uncredited)

Derrick De Marney

As (uncredited)

Amelia Earhart

As Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)

Don Gemmell

As (uncredited)

Cameron Hall

As Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)

Henry Hallatt

As Jean-Pierre Blanchard (uncredited)

Pearl Hay

As (uncredited)

Ronnie Hepworth

As Boy (uncredited)

Charles Hickman

As Orville Wright (uncredited)

Bert Hinkler

As Bert Hinkler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Anthony Holles

As Mechanic (uncredited)

David Horne

As Nero (uncredited)

Amy Johnson

As Amy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Kingsford Smith

As Charles Kingsford Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

Betty Kirby-Green

As Betty Kirby-Green (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kenneth Kove

As Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)

Charles A. Lindbergh

As Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)

Peter Madden

As American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)

Percy Marmont

As Wilbur Wright (uncredited)

David Nicol

As Alfred Leblanc (uncredited)

Carlo Ninchi

As Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)

Hilary Pritchard

As Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)

Michael Rennie

As Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)

Maurice Rossi

As Maurice Rossi (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roy Royston

As Hubert Latham (uncredited)

C.W.A. Scott

As C.W.A. Scott (archive footage) (uncredited)

Margaretta Scott

As Isobella d'Este (uncredited)

Leonard Shepherd

As Abbot Damian of Sterling (uncredited)

Dick Vernon

As Simon the Magician (uncredited)

Ben Webster

As Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)