Conquest of the Air

OK little populist doco liberally peppered with recreations -necessary as it goes way back to cover pre Wright Bros aviation attempts. Made in the mid thirties with a codicil to cover the start of WW2

Mildly amusing early documentary.

British documentary about the development of flying machines. The version that's easily available of this 1936 production is a re-edited one done at the dawn of WWII with added footage of airplane use for war. And it's a fun little film documenting the early insane flying attempts from the middle ages of people jumping off towers flapping their arms to the modern machines that can fly by radio controls. When seeing this you realize how fast the development happened once they got it (W)right!