9 minutes, 6 stops, 1 very enthusiastic man in a suit telling you about copper mines.
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. We then spend time in Hannibal, Missouri, the hometown of author Mark Twain. After a short visit to a log-rolling contest in Washington State, we cross the country to get a view of Washington, DC from across the Potomac River. The final stop on this tour is Arlington National Cemetery, where we see the Tomb of the Unknown, Arlington House, and the mast of the USS Maine, which was sunk in 1898 in Havana Harbor.
Cinematography
Glorious Technicolor travel porn before Instagram existed.
Direction
FitzPatrick's narration: part teacher, part used car salesman.
Director
James A. FitzPatrick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
FitzPatrick narrated over 200 Traveltalks shorts for MGM between 1929 and 1954, essentially inventing the travel documentary genre single-handedly.
This short captures America at a specific wartime moment—promoting national unity through scenic pride while the USS Maine memorial quietly pushes Spanish-American War patriotism.
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