The Secret Land (1948)
• October 22nd, 1948 • 1h 11min
Documentary
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Horizon: Ice Station Antarctica
Released on: 2016-05-04
Documentary
BBC weatherman Peter Gibbs makes an emotional return to Antarctica, years after he lived and worked ...
Earth
Released on: 2007-10-10
Documentary
An epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, aw...
Jack Ensch: Hanoi Hilton POW
Released on: 2016-09-01
War, Documentary
Jack "Fingers" Ensch served in the Navy for 30 years. Recounting his experience of getting shot down...
Farce of the Penguins
Released on: 2006-12-01
Comedy, Romance, Documentary
In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soun...
Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different Nature
Released on: 1991-10-18
Documentary
This large format film explores the last great wilderness on earth. It takes you to the coldest, dri...
Encounters at the End of the World
Released on: 2007-09-01
Documentary
Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there,...
Arctic Tale
Released on: 2007-06-17
Documentary, Family
Arctic Tale is a 2007 documentary film from the National Geographic Society about the life cycle of ...
March of the Penguins
Released on: 2005-01-26
Documentary, Family
Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their yo...
Project Iceman
Released on: 2022-10-01
Documentary, Adventure
~ 3.9 km Swim ~ 180 km Bike ~ 42.2 km Run ~ The impossible journey to complete the first ever long-...
Kaizen
Released on: 2024-09-13
Documentary, TV Movie
Becoming a mountaineer and climbing Everest in exactly one year? That’s the dream of Inoxtag, a 21-y...
The Endurance
Released on: 2000-09-02
Documentary, History
Documentary on the Shackleton Antartic expedition. A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated ...
Erebus: Operation Overdue
Released on: 2014-07-13
Documentary
On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing to...
Antarctica: The Frozen Time
Released on: 2021-04-16
Documentary, TV Movie
The bleakness of Antarctica is a fallacy. The ice continent is full of life and offers a biodiversit...
Ghosts of the Abyss
Released on: 2003-04-10
Documentary
With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts as well as friend Bill Paxton, James...
Expedition Amelia
Released on: 2019-10-20
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Explorer Robert Ballard sets out to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance as he and a ...
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Released on: 1997-12-01
Documentary
Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the ...
The War to End all Wars... and its American Veterans
Released on: 2020-04-17
War, Documentary
Relying on newly discovered archival footage, memoirs from the fallen, and expert commentary from sc...
Penguins
Released on: 2019-04-17
Documentary, Family
The story of Steve, an Adélie penguin, on a quest to find a life partner and start a family. When St...