A Drama of the Air

A Drama of the Air (1913)

December 31st, 19130h 18min

Drama
50%

Overview

An aging engineer pursues a scheme to build a flying machine at the expense of his family's health. When his daughter falls ill, he enters a flying competition to win money for her treatment, even though his design is dangerously untested.


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