The film is the dramatized story of Thor Heyerdahl and his Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947.

Summit guides Rob Hall (Nat Parker) and Scott Fischer (Peter Horton) discuss with their clients their plans to reach the summit.

Based on a true story, three US Navy airmen are forced to ditch their torpedo bomber in the South Pacific during World War II.

Flight of the Eagle (Swedish: Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd) is a Swedish biographical drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 August 1982, directed by Jan Troell, based on Per Olof Sundman's 1967 novelization of the true story of S.

In 1936, climbers attempt to summit the Eiger via the north face, the last major unclimbed Alpine face.

In the beginning, Columbus is obsessed with making a trip westwards to Asia, but lacks crew and a ship.

The film begins in 1947 at the Muroc Army Air Field in California, with civilian and military test pilots flight-testing high-speed aircraft, including the rocket-powered Bell X-1.

The film takes place approximately 30,000 years BP, and focuses on the period of co-existence between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons, where the two populations shared some parts of the Eurasian landscape.

The true story of Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the South Pole, and his epic struggle to lead his twenty-eight man crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.

Longitude presents the story of Harrison's efforts to develop the marine chronometer and thereby win the Longitude prize in the 18th century.

Dozens of people from Copiapó, Chile, work in the San José mine.

In occupied France during World War II, two young Jewish brothers, Maurice and Joseph, are sent by their parents to the Italian Zone, and display courage, intelligence and ingenuity as they escape the occupiers and try to reunite their family.

In 1850, author Herman Melville visits innkeeper Thomas Nickerson, the last survivor of the sinking of the whaleship Essex, offering money in return for his story.

The film flashes between musher Leonhard Seppala raising his dog Togo and the 1925 serum run to Nome.

In Scotland, 1713, Robert Roy MacGregor is the Chief of Clan MacGregor.

The life and experiences of the thirteenth century explorer, who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.

The film details the life of Roald Amundsen, including his well-known expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1911, his romances, and his conflicts with his brother, Leon, who organised the finances of many of his expeditions.

The film opens with pub landlord and frequent holidaymaker Vic Flange (Sid James) openly flirting with the sassy saucepot widow Sadie Tompkins (Barbara Windsor) as his battleaxe wife, Cora (Joan Sims), looks on with disdain.