Movies: James A. FitzPatrick

Ireland was still reliant on agriculture when this Traveltalk visit was made in the early 1930s. After looking at the farmers in the countryside and the cattle market in Galway, we see the sights and hear the sounds of Dublin, the capital city....

This Traveltalk series short begins in the Wenatchee River valley, where apples are the chief commercial crop. In Spokane, we see the Sunken Gardens (later called the John W. Duncan Gardens) in Manito Park. In Olympia, the campus of the state capitol...

This Traveltalk series short takes the viewer to Alaska, focusing on the cities of Sitka and Juneau....

This short travelogue, visiting Mexico, was shot in VistaVision....

This early entry in James A. Fitzpatrick's TravelTalks series takes us to Bombay, which we're told is the gateway to India....

This Traveltalk entry first visits Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, when the country's name was still Siam. Then it's off to Seoul, South Korea. When the visit was made in the early 1930s, Korea was not yet divided and was a province administered by...

Fitzpatrick Traveltalks...

A visit to one of India's oldest cities....

Fitzpatrick Traveltalks...

Another entry in MGM's TravelTalks series with James A. FitzPatrick. This time we visit Mexico, which was a popular destination for this series since it traveled there many times. We see the Bandero Monument which was built to highlight Mexico's flag...

A visit to the island of Java when it was part of the Dutch East Indies, and Sri Lanka when it was still called Ceylon....

Fitzpatrick Traveltalks...

This film was the main attraction at the Texas exhibit at the New York World's Fair of 1939-1940....

James A. FitzPatrick takes a look at the continent of Africa....

This Traveltalks short focuses on the city's preservation of the architecture, apparel, and customs of the antebellum South....

This Traveltalk short visits three African locations on the Indian Ocean that used to be administered by Great Britain. The first stop is the Seychelles island group. Then it's on to the island of Zanzibar. The final stop is Mombasa, Kenya, where eff...

No. 2 in the "James FitzPatrick's Travel Talks" series....

“The life of the Italian composer.” - BFI....

This short travelogue, visiting Norway, was shot in VistaVision....

This short film focuses on the majestic towns and landscapes of the Canadian Rockies....