20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Directed by Richard Fleischer
In 1868 a French professor, his assistant and a harpooner join a hunt for a sea monster from San Francisco, end up prisoners aboard Captain Nemo's submarine and roam the oceans with him.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Waterfront≈ 00:02:00San Francisco, CaliforniaStated on screen
With sailors refusing to sail for fear of a monster, Aronnax and Conseil are invited aboard a Navy frigate.
- 2The frigate's hunt≈ 00:08:00Pacific OceanInferred
After months at sea the 'monster' sinks the frigate, and the three are washed onto the Nautilus.
- 3Aboard the Nautilus≈ 00:16:00Pacific OceanInferred
Nemo shows them his undersea world and rams a ship loading munitions at a prison island.
- 4Reef and cannibals' shore≈ 01:00:00Coast of New GuineaStated on screen
- 5Vulcania, Captain Nemo's island base (fictional)≈ 01:30:00Stated on screenFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 19,669 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 5
- Boat: 19,669 km
- Swimming: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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