Jack Bradon is tasked to reach the South Pole with a dirigible.Jack Bradon is tasked to reach the South Pole with a dirigible.Jack Bradon is tasked to reach the South Pole with a dirigible.
Emmett Corrigan
- Rear Adm. John S. Martin
- (as Emmet Corrigan)
Richard Alexander
- Radio Operator
- (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
George 'Gabby' Hayes
- Parade Official
- (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
- Admiral's Aide
- (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
- Lt. Rowland
- (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
- Lakehurst Radio Announcer
- (uncredited)
Kenneth MacDonald
- Lt. Fogarty
- (uncredited)
Adrian Morris
- Dirigible 'Los Angeles' Crewman
- (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
Broderick O'Farrell
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThis film is loosely based on the crash of the airship Italia, flown by Umberto Nobile, around May 25, 1928 near the North Pole, and the international rescue effort that cost early Polar explorer Roald Amundson his life. The Pilot who rescued Nobile also crashed when returning to rescue more survivors and had to be rescued himself.
- GoofsIn the opening scene, the Capitol Dome is shown outside of Admiral Martin's window. The Navy Yard is over 2 miles from the Capitol and it would not be seen from inside his office.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)
- SoundtracksAnchors Aweigh
(1906) (uncredited)
Music by Charles A. Zimmerman
Lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles and R. Lovell
Played during the opening credits and often in the score
Sung by guests at a party
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Historically valuable
Aside from featuring Fay Wray BEFORE she became famous in King Kong, the movie has value as historical record, because of the scenes of the U.S. Navy's dirigible, LOS ANGELES. The LOS ANGELES served a dual role in the film, first as the fictional PENSACOLA, destroyed in a storm at sea, and then as her real self. The loss of the PENSACOLA is prescient in a way, because her successors, the very real AKRON and MACON, which had yet to enter service when the movie was made, were subsequently both lost at sea in storms, bringing an end to rigid airships in the U.S. Navy. A predecessor, the SHENANDOAH was lost in 1928 in a storm over Ohio.
When this movie was made, only the LOS ANGELES was in service. The movie shows excellent closeup film of the ship mooring at Lakehurst N.J. as well as her experimental trapeze which allowed an aircraft to moor to the ship while in flight. This feature was incorporated in AKRON and MACON, along with a hanger to stow the planes aboard. These two, the biggest in USN service at 800 feet could each carry 3-4 planes. The planes could be "captured" on the trapeze, brought inside and then launched from their trapeze. An amazing sight to see!
When this movie was made, only the LOS ANGELES was in service. The movie shows excellent closeup film of the ship mooring at Lakehurst N.J. as well as her experimental trapeze which allowed an aircraft to moor to the ship while in flight. This feature was incorporated in AKRON and MACON, along with a hanger to stow the planes aboard. These two, the biggest in USN service at 800 feet could each carry 3-4 planes. The planes could be "captured" on the trapeze, brought inside and then launched from their trapeze. An amazing sight to see!
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- Also known as
- Dirižabl
- Filming locations
- San Gabriel Valley, California, USA(South Pole scenes)
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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