He was alarmed as he viewed an enormous flat structure orbiting the moon - it was a secret Starfleet shipyard or space-dock.I will lend the money, but only on condition that His Excellency withdraw and place he government in new hands.The RKO Radio Productions release was well-received by critics, although only moderately successful at the box-office, but then during its many subsequent theatrical re-releases (in 1945, 1954, 1962, 1971, 1978, 1984, and 1992), it performed very well."Section I:The first scenes of the film quickly introduce the hree main characters in a United States of 1917 with booming productivity: "In he Spring of 1917, America was a nation occupied in peaceful progression.In the next scene, at the service bar at one end of he elegant main dining room on the ship, stewards place numerous orders for Pike""s Pale.