09 September 1958 Factual 32 mins
A documentary about New Zealanders in Antarctica: researching International Geophysical Year, and supporting the Trans-Antarctic Expedition by laying supply depots for Vivian Fuchs’ overland crossing.
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New Zealand 09 September 1958
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1958:
01 May 1958
An Air Force captain teaches pilots to fly jets but doesn't like it.
01 January 1958
The discovery of an unexploded aerial bomb on a construction site brings a shock to the peaceful existence of a small town: the sudden threat makes at least some people rethink their previous attitudes.
03 February 1958
This strikes straight at the heart because it is a tender story of four people, each deserving a Purple Heart.
03 July 1958
A village barber washes the hair of a blind man who gets soap in his eyes and regains his sight.
11 December 1958
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city.
01 January 1958
The Remi abandoned by his foster father sold to the troubadour Vasalis, in his living through the rural villages the people to entertain, gehoplen his three dogs and a monkey.
01 January 1958
Behind-the-scenes look during the filming of William Wyler's 1958 western, "The Big Country."
01 September 1958
Teenagers from a small town and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider, living in a cave nearby and getting hungry.
22 April 1958
Marcellino becomes an orphan and finds two uncles--a good old eccentric man and a villain.
16 May 1958
Jean-Paul is a Frenchman who yearns to live in communist Czechoslovakia. His wish is granted when, mistaken as a masseur of a French boating team, he manages to elude the democratic authorities long enough to scamper over the Czech border.
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