This film's initial USA telecast took place in New York City 21 April 1940 on pioneer television station W2XBS (Channel 1); initial post-WWII airings took place in Washington DC Tuesday 27 January 1948 on WMAL (Channel 7), in Cincinnati Monday 29 March 1948 on WLW-T (Channel 4), in Cleveland Thursday 17 June 1948 on WEWS (Channel 5), in Boston 3 July 1948 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Detroit Monday 25 October 1948 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Chicago Monday 20 December 1948 on WGN (Channel 9) and in Los Angeles Sunday 4 December 1949 on KTLA (Channel 5).
James Mason met Pamela Kellino making this film, she was married to the director Roy Kellino at the time but later divorced him to marry James Mason
It was star James Mason who suggested diminutive Australian actress Esma Cannon for the rôle of the inquisitive camper.