"One of the world's most daring adventures into the unknown!"22 October 1948Factual71 mins
This documentary, filmed entirely by military photographers, recounts the U.S. Navy's 1946-47 expedition to Antarctica, known as Operation High Jump. The expedition was under the overall command of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, no stranger to the Antarctic. This was a large undertaking involving 13 ships and over 4000 thousand men. The fleet departed from Norfolk, Virginia traveling through the Panama canal and then southward to their final destination. The trip through the ice pack was fraught with danger and forced the submarine that was part of the fleet to withdraw. The trip was a success meeting all of its scientific goals.
With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts as well as friend Bill Paxton, James Cameron embarks on an unscripted adventure back to the wreck of the Titanic where nearly 1,500 souls lost their lives almost a century ago.
A riveting story of polar exploration that investigates the motivation, psychology, science, and physical endurance that have characterized the historic heroes who have explored the frozen continent of Antarctica over the last 200 years.
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it.
Arctic Tale is a 2007 documentary film from the National Geographic Society about the life cycle of a walrus and her calf, and a polar bear and her cubs, in a similar vein to the 2005 hit production March of the Penguins, also from National Geographic.
A unique celebration of one of Earth's most iconic birds, featuring all 18 species in footage from New Zealand, Cape Town, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica.
Explores the research work on Antarctic plant and animals life by biological scientists living in the Antarctic.
Alternative movies trailers for The Secret Land
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from The Secret Land:
The secret land. Film 1948
The Secret Land full hd movie trailer.
THE SECRET LAND ANTARCTICA U.S. NAVY OPERATION HIGH JUMP REEL 1 2497
Support Our Channel : The Secret Land is a 1948 American documentary film about an American expedition ...
The Secret Land (1948)
Full-length documentary which won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Documents a large Antarctic expedition "Operation Highjump" in ...
The Secret Lands Original Trailer
The Secret Land full hd movie trailer.
Popular movie trailers from 1948
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1948:
Jimmy and his pal Cannonball are hired by a rancher and horse breeder to capture Midnight, a wild stallion that has been interfering with local herds and has a reputation as a killer.
Back Trail is one of the livelier entries in Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series. Brown rides into a small town where he becomes embroiled in a blackmail scheme.
