Fitzpatrick Traveltalks : shorts. Volume 1 / a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; James A. FitzPatrick, writer, producer ; directed by Ralph F. Donaldson, Ruth Fitzpatrick, and Benjamin D. Sharpe.
Title from container. "60 shorts!"--container. Full-screen (1.37:1). Originally produced 1934-1946.
Contents:
(8:11). Glimpses of Guatemala (8:10) -- Ireland: The Emerald Isle (7:58) -- Zeeland: The Hidden Paradise (6:50) -- Rainbow Canyons (8:00) -- Colorful Guatemala (8:44) -- Los Angeles: Wonder city of the West (8:29) -- Beautiful Banff and Lake House (8:13) -- Modern Tokyo (9:09) -- Sacred City of the Mayan Indians (6:41) -- Rio De Janeiro: City of Spendour (7:54) -- Yellowstone Park: Nature's Playground (3:50) -- Oriental Paradise (5:10) -- Glimpses of Java and Ceylon (7:33) -- Hong Kong: Hub of the Orient (8:58) -- Floral Japan (7:52) -- Stockholm: Pride of Sweden (8:23) -- Chile: Land of Charm (8:49) -- Copenhagen (9:23) -- Land of the Incas (8:53) -- Glimpses of Austria (8:52) -- Disc #2. Czechoslovakia on Parade (9:14) -- Paris on Parade (8:51) -- Jaipur: the Pink City (8:16) -- Singapore and Jahore (8:32) -- Java Journey (8:16) -- Rural Hungary (9:16) -- Colorful Curacao (8:45) -- Quaint St. Augustine (8:43) -- Land of Alaska Nellie (8:55) -- Seattle: Gateway to the Northwest (9:08) -- Sitka and Juneau (9:10) -- Glimpses of Australia (8:41) -- Cavalcade of San Francisco (8:50) -- Old New Mexico (8:28) -- Beautiful Bali (8:23) -- Mediterranean Ports of Call (8:31) -- Red Men On Parade (8:55) -- Alluring Alaska (8:47) -- Glimpses of Kentucky (7:47) -- Haiti: Land of Dark Majesty (8:16) -- Disc #3. Glimpses of Florida (9:17) -- Scenic Grandeur (8:10) -- Minnesota: Land of Plenty (9:44) -- Glacier Park and Waterton Lakes (8:29) -- Exotic Mexico (8:34) -- Modern Mexico City (9:29) -- Land of Orizaba (8:30) -- Motoring In Mexico (9:14) -- On The Road to Monterrey (8:58) -- Scenic Oregon (9:40) -- Through the Colorado Rockies (:25) -- A Day in Death Valley (9:23) -- Salt Lake Diversions (9:42) -- Along the Cactus Trail (8:27) -- Colorful Colorado (9:20) -- City of Brigham Young (8:22) -- Monumental Utah (9:53) -- Shrines of Yucatan (8:43) -- Merida and Campeche (9:21) -- Glimpses of Guatemala (8:11).
Summary:
Director and narrator James A. FitzPatrick trotted all over the earthly sphere, training his Technicolor camera at sights picturesque and poignant for more than twenty years. His simple, straightforward looks at what was best and most interesting in a location allowed a generation of moviegoers to experience the world from their hometown movie houses.
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