Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United States Navy
Date of Release: October 22, 1948
Running Time: 71 minutes
Commentary: Harvey S. Haislip and William C. Park
Film Editing: Frederick Y. Smith
Costume Design: Dolly Tree
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Producer: Orville O. Dull
Original Music: Bronislau Kaper
Animation: Fred Quimby
Color: Technicolor
Note: Documentary
Awards and Nominations:
ACADEMY AWARD WIN - Best Documentary Feature
THE SECRET LAND
Narrators:

Robert Montgomery
Robert Taylor
Van Heflin


Featured:

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd
Richard E. Byrd, Jr.
Chester W. Nimitz
David E. Bunger
Henry H. Caldwell
John E. Clark
Richard Cruzen
George J. Dufek
James Forrestal
William Kearns
Ralph LeBlanc
Owen McCarty
R. Moore
William C. Park
Robert S. Quackenbush
James H. Robbins
Paul A. Siple
Charles W. Thomas
Synopsis:
Documentary feature about Admiral Richard Byrd's Naval exploratory missions
to the Antartic after WWII. The film is comprised of the first color film ever
taken of that region, shot entirely by Navy cameramen and narrated by
Montgomery, Taylor and Heflin. Very well-done documentary which moves at
a brisk pace and won an Oscar as Best Documentary Feature.
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