Lost Continent story

movie: Lost Continent (1951) · 1951-08-17

An expedition is sent to the South Pacific to search for a missing atomic- powered rocket in order to retrieve the vital scientific data recorded aboard. On an uncharted island they discover more than their rocket, now crashed atop a mysterious plateau, they find a lost jungle world populated by prehistoric dinosaurs.

11 total · 6 major · 5 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
cryptid major An expedition sent to the South Pacific discovers a lost jungle world populated by prehistoric dinosaurs.
human vs. beast major Expedition members versus dinosaurs.
human vs. speculative environment major An expedition party went on a rescue mission to a volcanic, remote Pacific island that was inhabited by dinosaurs. [prehistoric]
isolated prehistoric land major An expedition sent to the South Pacific discovers a lost jungle world populated by prehistoric dinosaurs.
living dinosaur major An expedition sent to the South Pacific discovers a lost jungle world populated by prehistoric dinosaurs.
wilderness expedition major An expedition party went on a rescue mission to a volcanic, remote Pacific island that was inhabited by dinosaurs.
nuclear fission power minor A scientist developed an atomic-powered rocket that was sent off and vanished without a trace. Michael Rostov discovered a source of nuclear power on the lost world.
nuclear powered spaceship minor A scientist developed an atomic-powered rocket that was sent off and vanished without a trace.
science for war or peace minor Major Joe Nolan pointed out that the uranium deposits found in the lost jungle world could be used either to power a new and better civilization or destroy the one they had.
The Holocaust minor Michael Rostov reveals himself to be a victim of the Holocaust in which he lost his wife and unborn child.