Movies: Travelogue

  • 1952
    Picturesque New Zealand

    Picturesque New Zealand (1952)

    Picturesque New Zealand

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    This Traveltalk series short visit to New Zealand starts in Auckland, a bustling, modern city. Next is Christchurch, home of Canterbury University, where rowing teams participate in a regatta. Nearby is Lake Wakatipu, which inspires artists to put th...

    Picturesque New Zealand
  • 1940
    Old New Orleans

    Old New Orleans (1940)

    Old New Orleans

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    This Traveltalk series short looks at several landmarks and neighborhoods in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sights include the Cathedral of St. Louis, Pirate's Alley, the Old French Market, and Broussard's Restaurant....

    Old New Orleans
  • 1946
    Land of the Mayas

    Land of the Mayas (1946)

    Land of the Mayas

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    This Traveltalk series short visits the village of Chichicastenango, Guatemala and emphasizes the influence of the Mayan culture on its people. It shows how the residents intermingle ancient religious practices with Catholic teachings. Narrator James...

    Land of the Mayas
  • 1945
    Modern Guatemala City

    Modern Guatemala City (1945)

    Modern Guatemala City

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    This FitzPatrick Traveltalk short visits Guatemala City, touching upon its sights, customs, and history....

    Modern Guatemala City
  • 1938
    Rural Sweden

    Rural Sweden (1938)

    Rural Sweden

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    This short film takes the viewer to several towns and historical sites of rural Sweden....

    Rural Sweden
  • 1950
    Touring Northern England

    Touring Northern England (1950)

    Touring Northern England

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    This Traveltalk series short takes the viewer to several locations in the Lake Country of northern England. The first stop is Lake Windermere, the largest lake in England. Hawkshead, the second stop, is known for its connection to poet 'William Words...

    Touring Northern England
  • 1948
    Chicago, the Beautiful

    Chicago, the Beautiful (1948)

    Chicago, the Beautiful

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    A visit to Chicago, featuring the city's architecture and well-known landmarks....

    Chicago, the Beautiful
  • 1934
    Zion: Canyon of Colour

    Zion: Canyon of Colour (1934)

    Zion: Canyon of Colour

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    This Traveltalk series short visits Zion National Park, Utah. Amongst the sights, we view the seven-hundred foot long Arch of Zion. To provide human access to the park, man-made structures are just as spectacular in their engineering accomplishments;...

    Zion: Canyon of Colour
  • 1944
    Wandering Here and There

    Wandering Here and There (1944)

    Wandering Here and There

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    This Traveltalk series short visits various places around the United States. At the first stop, we admire the natural beauty of Crater Lake in Oregon. The next stop is the open pit copper mine at Bingham Canyon, Utah, the world's largest copper mine....

    Wandering Here and There
  • 1949
    In Old Amsterdam

    In Old Amsterdam (1949)

    In Old Amsterdam

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    This Traveltalks entry looks at the sights, sounds, people, and art masterpieces in the capital of the Netherlands....

    In Old Amsterdam
  • 2017
    Ramusiana

    Ramusiana (2017)

    Ramusiana

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    A description of some parts of the world - explored, visited, documented, imagined. An abstract attempt at finding them again. The title refers to geographer and civil servant of the Republic of Venice Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557)....

    Ramusiana
  • 1941
    Mediterranean Ports of Call

    Mediterranean Ports of Call (1941)

    Mediterranean Ports of Call

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    This Traveltalk short visits the ports of Algiers and Monaco in the Mediterranean....

    Mediterranean Ports of Call
  • 1947
    The Way to the West

    The Way to the West (1947)

    The Way to the West

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    Hitchcock went the wrong way! Head south by southwest with this travelogue from Bath to Cornwall....

    The Way to the West
  • 1953
    Johannesburg: 'City of Gold'

    Johannesburg: 'City of Gold' (1953)

    Johannesburg: 'City of Gold'

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    This Traveltalk series short discusses how Johannesburg began as a farming community, but with the discovery of gold in the area, the city embraced mining as its primary industry. Native workers came to the area to train to be miners, and even after ...

    Johannesburg: 'City of Gold'
  • 1962
    Psyche Out

    Psyche Out (1962)

    Psyche Out

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    The opening moments of "Psyche Out" introduce a young boy who craves the adventures achieved in the surf. The boy -- or at least his dreams -- seem like they could provide a recurring framing device for Walt Phillips' third film (following "Sunset Su...

    Psyche Out
  • 1946
    The Mission Trail

    The Mission Trail (1946)

    The Mission Trail

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    This Traveltalk series short follows the route laid out by the famous chain of 21 Spanish missions, begun in 1769 and extending northward for over 500 miles, from San Diego to Sonoma, California. We stop briefly at San Luis Rey and San Juan Capistran...

    The Mission Trail
  • 1952
    Life in the Andes

    Life in the Andes (1952)

    Life in the Andes

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    The Andes Mountains travel the western side of South America. Unlike many other mountain ranges of their altitude, the Andes do support human life on their high altitude slopes. Modern life is slowly making its way to the high altitude Andes, but the...

    Life in the Andes
  • 1957
    To the Four Corners

    To the Four Corners (1957)

    To the Four Corners

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    Haunting colour travelogue taking in Ulster, Lewis, Lincoln and Cardiff's Tiger Bay....

    To the Four Corners
  • 1949
    Calling on Michigan

    Calling on Michigan (1949)

    Calling on Michigan

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    This Traveltalk series short begins with a look at Michigan's major educational institutions, which started as agricultural schools. We then visit the fish hatcheries at Grayling, which are used to keep the state's numerous lakes and rivers well stoc...

    Calling on Michigan
  • 1935
    Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'

    Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West' (1935)

    Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'

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    This Traveltalk series short visits Los Angeles, California. In one of the highlights of the film, narrator James FitzPatrick visits the Disney cartoon studio and shakes hands with Walt Disney....

    Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West'