Call Me Captain

Czechoslovakia on Parade

This FitzPatrick Traveltalk series short looks at Czechoslovakia before World War II, including images of bridges, churches, and castles in Prague, al

1938

Cavalcade of San Francisco

This Traveltalk series short celebrates San Francisco, past and present.

1940

Holland Sailing

This Sportscope series entry highlights sailboat races in Holland.

1956

Portrait of Dublin

This short film was made by filmmaker (later archivist) Liam Ó Laoghaire (aka Liam O’Leary) and was commissioned by the Cultural Relations Committee o

1952

Amalfi Way

This short film takes a look at the sights, sounds, and customs along Italy's Amalfi Coast.

1955

A Passion for Churches

Sir John Betjeman visits and explains the architecture of various churches in the Diocese of Norwich. Among those visited: Sandringham church on the

1974

The Same Snowy Ground

A journey through a place of an eternal past; where the grandson of a Jewish partisan sets out to experience the dramatic events and places that shape

2020

Blakey

The life and times of sailor and adventurer Sir Peter Blake, one of New Zealand's favourite sons.

2011

Serene Siam

This travelogue begins at Bangkok's rail depot, a center of Indo-Chinese commerce. Next the narrator talks about Buddhism as the camera shows us some

1937

Copenhagen

This Traveltalk series short visits Copenhagen.

1937

Philosopher of the Sea

Elderly sailor Sven Yrvind takes on a daring solo voyage from Ireland to New Zealand. What seems like a reckless journey on the unforgiving seas is al

2023

Rainbow Canyons

This Traveltalk series short visits The Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon.

1935

Grand Canyon, Pride of Creation

This Traveltalk series short begins with a look at Arizona's Painted Desert. We then get two views of the Grand Canyon's majesty. The first is from th

1943

Yosemite the Magnificent

This Traveltalk series short celebrates the beauty of Yosemite National Park. Besides the majestic mountains, we see Bridal Veil Falls and a giant seq

1941

Season in Tyrol

A short look at various seasonal activities offered in the Tyrol region of Austria.

1969

An Uncountable Number of Threads

Travel films have an established format with their own conventions, history and baggage. It is a medium that has all too often sought to control, defi

2023

Andrei Bely: Armenia

The film is a cinematic interpretation of the travel book “Armenia” by Russian poet Andrei Bely.

2019

The Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific

In hand-built, double-hulled canoes sixty feet long, the ancestors of today's Polynesians sailed vast distances using only the waves, the stars, and t

1983

Atomic Pilgrimage: Ghost Towns, Nuclear Relics, and Lost Civilizations on the Road to the Trinity Site

A 40-day, 40-night road trip to the Trinity Site—where the first atomic bomb was detonated in the summer of 1945—covering many other atomic destinatio

2019

The Wind Gods

A feature length documentary film following Larry Ellison's 10-year quest to bring the oldest trophy in international sport, The America's Cup, back t

2013