of all the movie i have see and and that most of them and this be by far the best one make that be primarily about the u. s. naval airship ( blimp ) during the ww ii era . yes there be other good lta relate movie and but most use special effect more than any real time shot . this man navy have considerably more real time footage of blimp etc . true and lot of corny dialog but that what make more interesting hollywood movie and even today . p. s. i spend 10 year ( out of 20 ) and have over 5 and 000 hour in navy airship of all type and from 1949 through 1959. proud member of the naval airship association etc . [ atc ( la or ac ) usn retire ] .