Ambitious undertaking by Colombia/Frank Capra. This is a fairly slow paced movie, but it adds to the realism of it all with great shots with the airship and airplane flying. The spectacular moments could have been more spectacular, but in a way they got a lot of impression out of the hardship anyway. Fay Wray takes care of the love bit as the worried sick wife always home having to wait for her husband Jack Holt. And this sub-plot works well against the more adventure driven focus of the film.