Veritas Member Filmed Fourth of 'The Secret Land'

Hugh K. Foster '50 photographed 1,500 feet of the 6,000-foot film that opened yesterday at Loew's State and Orpheum theaters in Boston.

The movie is "The Secret Land," a technicolor portrayal of Admiral Byrd's expedition to Little America from December, 1946 to April, 1947. Foster was assigned to help film the trip when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer asked the Signal Corps to send men with Byrd.

During his stay in Antarctica on the "Operation High Jump," Foster shot over 20,000 feet for the movie. The show's cast consists for the 4,000 men from the U.S. Navy who sailed with Byrd. Robert Taylor, Robert Montgomery, and Van Heflin speak the commentary.

Veritas Films, with which Foster is associated, hopes to arrange a showing of "The Secret Land" at the College.

Foster has served with Veritas since its founding in 1947. He worked as a photographer on the group's first effort, "Touch of the Times," filmed last year.