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02296agm a2200397Ii 4500 001 F86574F0E96D11E8978F920F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20181116010210 007 vd#bvaizm 008 180910s2018 nyu063 vleng d 024 10 $a 191091406076 040 $a NUI $e rda $c NUI $d SILO 245 04 $a The conquest of the air / $c director, Zoltan Korda ; producer, Alexander Korda. 246 3 $a Alexander Korda's conquest of the air 264 1 $a Long Island City : $b Mr. Fat-W Video, $c [2018?] 300 $a 1 videodisc (approximately 63 min.) : $b sound, black and white ; $c 4 3/4 in. 538 $a DVD, audio: mono. 511 0 $a Narrator, Charles Frend ; cast, Laurence Olivier, Franklyn Dyall, Hay Petrie, Frederick Culley. 508 $a Writer and editor, Peter Bezencenet ; supervising editor, Charles Frend ; music, Arthur Bliss ; production supervisor, John J. Croydon. 500 $a Originally released as a motion picture in 1936 by London Films. 500 $a "An Alexander Korda production"--Opening frames. 520 $a The first in what was to be a trilogy on the development of land, sea and air transport, this history of man's discovery of flight pieces together important points in history to create a documentary drama. Using original footage as well as reconstructions featuring a host of famous actors, including Laurence Olivier as one of the important figures of flight. From Leonardo Da Vinci and the Wright Brothers to Von Zeppelin and Amelia Earhart, there is much on 1930s commercial flying as well as experimental planes and helicopters. The documentary provides an interesting and highly cinematic account of the evolution of aviation. 650 0 $a Flying-machines $x History. 650 0 $a Airplanes $x History. 650 0 $a Airships $x History. 655 7 $a Feature films. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Korda, Alexander, $c Sir, $d 1893-1956, $e director. 700 1 $a Korda, Zoltan, $d 1895-1961. 700 1 $a Bezencenet, Peter, $d 1914-2003, $e editor. $e editor. 700 1 $a Frend, Charles, $d 1909-1977, $e actor. 700 1 $a Olivier, Laurence, $d 1907-1989, $e actor. 710 2 $a London Films. 941 $a 1 945 $a dvv 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220817011256.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F86574F0E96D11E8978F920F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search