Cast and Crew: Howard Hawks (Director); Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Douglas Spencer, Robert O. Cornthwaite, James Arness
What It’s About: Some..thing.. crashes near the North Pole. Upon further investigation, a giant craft is discovered and thawed out of the ice. The soldiers recover a body from the crash site and return with it to their base…
Why Watch it Today?: The film takes place on today’s date in an unnamed year. Near the beginning of the film, a doctor says: “November 2nd 11:30am .. Deviation in sector 19 continues 12 degrees, 20 minutes east.”
Where to Get It: Entirely available on YouTube (below) or borrow it from your local library
The League of Dead Films 
I love the colorized version of this movie on youtube—-the colorization makes the north pole look more real, instead of a studio set with a huge canvas backdrope.