Frederick Culley

Character: Roger Bacon

Laurence Olivier

Character: Vincent Lunardi

Franklin Dyall

Character: Jerome de Ascoli

Henry Victor

Character: Otto Lilienthal

Hay Petrie

Character: Tiberius Cavallo

John Turnbull

Character: Von Zeppelin

Charles Lefeaux

Character: Louis Bleriot

Bryan Powley

Character: George Cayley

Alan Wheatley

Character: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

John Abbott

Character: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

Charles Frend

Character: Narrator (voice)

Edward Ashley

Character: (uncredited)

Italo Balbo

Character: Italo Balbo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Memo Benassi

Character: Francesco Lama di Brescia (uncredited)

Denville Bond

Character: Oliver of Malmesbury (uncredited)

Tom Campbell Black

Character: Tom Black (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Carrett

Character: Latham's Manager (uncredited)

Andrea Checchi

Character: Zoroastro (uncredited)

Arthur Clouston

Character: Arthur Clouston (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul Codos

Character: Paul Codos (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bryan Coleman

Character: (uncredited)

Derrick De Marney

Character: (uncredited)

Amelia Earhart

Character: Amelia Earhart (archive footage) (uncredited)

Don Gemmell

Character: (uncredited)

Cameron Hall

Character: Dr. John Jeffries (uncredited)

Henry Hallatt

Character: Jean-Pierre Blanchard (uncredited)

Pearl Hay

Character: (uncredited)

Ronnie Hepworth

Character: Boy (uncredited)

Charles Hickman

Character: Orville Wright (uncredited)

Bert Hinkler

Character: Bert Hinkler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Anthony Holles

Character: Mechanic (uncredited)

David Horne

Character: Nero (uncredited)

Amy Johnson

Character: Amy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Kingsford Smith

Character: Charles Kingsford Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

Betty Kirby-Green

Character: Betty Kirby-Green (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kenneth Kove

Character: Gentleman at Reception (uncredited)

Charles A. Lindbergh

Character: Charles Lindbergh (archive footage) (uncredited)

Peter Madden

Character: American Airliner Pilot (uncredited)

Percy Marmont

Character: Wilbur Wright (uncredited)

David Nicol

Character: Alfred Leblanc (uncredited)

Carlo Ninchi

Character: Gabriele Adanti di Perugia (uncredited)

Hilary Pritchard

Character: Cayley's Coachman (uncredited)

Michael Rennie

Character: Marquis d'Arlandes (uncredited)

Maurice Rossi

Character: Maurice Rossi (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roy Royston

Character: Hubert Latham (uncredited)

C.W.A. Scott

Character: C.W.A. Scott (archive footage) (uncredited)

Margaretta Scott

Character: Isobella d'Este (uncredited)

Leonard Shepherd

Character: Abbot Damian of Sterling (uncredited)

Dick Vernon

Character: Simon the Magician (uncredited)

Ben Webster

Character: Leonardo da Vinci (uncredited)