Charting man's complicated journey towards and mastery over flight, this fascinating film uses both drama and documentary footage to present a highly cinematic account of the evolution of aviation, encompassing early experiments in automated flight, the development of bombers and aircraft carriers, and the earliest experiments in vertical rotary flight. A project initiated in 1935 by Alexander Korda as a potential collaboration with Winston Churchill, The Conquest of the Air was produced in fits and starts over the following five years eventually being released in... 1940 as a propaganda film to help the war effort both here and in America. The film is featured here in a brand-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited aspect ratio. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Charting man&39;s complicated journey towards and mastery over flight this fascinating film uses both drama and documentary footage to present a highly cinematic account of the evolution of aviation encompassing early experiments in automated flight the development of bombers and aircraft carriers and the earliest experiments in vertical rotary flight A project initiated in 1935 by Alexander Korda as a potential collaboration with Winston Churchill The Conquest of the Air was produced in fits and starts over the following five years eventually being released in 1940 as a propaganda film to help the war effort both here and in America The film is featured here in a brand-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited aspect ratio
Film using both dramatic re-enactments and documentary footage to illustrate the evolution of aviation. The film charts the history of flight through the eyes of the pioneers who were instrumental in the creation of flying machines including Leonardo Da Vinci, the Wright brothers, Ferdinand von Zeppelin and Amelia Earhart.
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