Probably the Tora Tora Tora of its day in terms of the quantity and quality of model ship action, the movie tells the story of the meeting of the Merrimac and the Monitor, two iron clad ships that were the cutting edge of naval technology during the American civil war.
The miniature effects were supervised by Bud Thackeray with the other Republic Pictures effects staffers the Lydecker brothers (Howard and Theodore) also working on the project.
