The Secret Land (1948)

Directors

Orville O. Dull

Cast

Chester W. Nimitz, George J. Dufek, James Forrestal, Paul Siple, Robert Montgomery, Robert Taylor, Van Heflin

The story

The film re-enacts scenes from several critical moments during the operation, such as shipboard damage control and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd throwing items out of an airplane to lighten it to avoid crashing when one of its engines failed and the other began to falter under the excess load. Another scene features Chief of Naval Operations Fleet Admiral Chester W.

Genres

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