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Around the World in Forty Days

Date produced: 1988

Filmmaker(s):

Robbins Barstow

Description:

"In May-June 1988, Robbins Barstow and his wife Meg, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA, made a six-week trip around the world. Places visited include Hawaii, Austrailia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, India, and London, England." Archive.org


Aspetti di vita pavese [Aspects of Life in Pavia]

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

Domingo Cellanova

Description:

"documentario turistico"/touristic documentary


Assignment: Korea

Date produced: 1959

Filmmaker(s):

Stanley B. Kelley

Description:

"Col. Kelly took the time to use his camera effectively on an assignment in Korea where the older folks are referred to with family reverence as Papa-san and Mama-san. Here we have a review of life in Korea as an Army officer may see it. After the war there is reconstruction and training of the 4th largest standing army in the world. A country divided at the 38th parallel must live under the protection of a well-trained army, trained by U.S. personnel. A documentary-travelogue that lives all of its 25 minutes of screen time" PSA Journal, Nov. 1959, 47.


At “The Fisheries”

Date produced: 1939

Filmmaker(s):

Eustace Alliott

Description:

"A group of four adults (including Eunice Alliott) look at/ stand close to a motor boat on a river; three of the adults with a small dog board the boat; as Eunice Alliott approaches boat, the man gets out and helps her board; the boat leaves the jetty and heads away; the boat returns to the jetty; the man helps the women disembark; the group walk up steps onto a lawn’ (EAFA Database).


At a Dude Ranch

Date produced: 1933

Filmmaker(s):

Evelyn Sherman


Away to Argentina

Date produced: 1939

Filmmaker(s):

A. I. Willinsky

Description:

"Item is a production of Dr. Willinsky's cruise and trip to Argentina with his wife, Sadie. In the form of a travelogue, footage of cruise activities and entertainment, beaches, landmarks, and the local population is interspersed with captions and maps that were added in by Dr. Willinsky to provide context. Featured cities include Santos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Rio De Janero. Sadie is ocassionally spotted in the footage site-seeing and interacting with the locals." Ontario Jewish Archives.


Awheel and Afoot in the Canadian Rockies

Date produced: 1959

Filmmaker(s):

Stanley Midgley

Description:

"On bicycle and afoot, Stan Midgley, humorist and photographer, explored some of the more inaccessible points of the Canadian Rockies. The result of his adventures is 'Awheel and Afoot in the Canadian Rockies'." Battle Creek Enquirer, Oct. 16, 1959, 26.


Baja Peninsula! The Final Frontier!

Date produced: 1960

Description:

"Edited film by Floyd Henry Wells, a retired salesman and a member of the Wally Byam Caravan Club of Airstream trailers, chronicles travel with a Wally Byam club down the Baja Peninsula. Film documents scenic landscapes, road signs and natural wonders along the Baja Pen and scenes of cities, town, churches and markets in Mexico. Film also captures local peoples including Mexican bands and dancers and a bakery with an outdoor stone oven. Some identified locations include Ensenada, Rancho Santa Ynez, El Presidente (motor lodges), Santa Rosalia, Tropic of Cancer, La Paz, Alamos, El Caracol and the Hotel los Portales. Film is narrated by his wife, Ruth Wells, who identifies many of the locations and events depicted with some historic comments or trivia. Wells also comments on various issues of importance to travelling by an Airstream trailer such as water sources and etiquette," Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Museum.


Balkans, The

Date produced: 1968

Filmmaker(s):

H. Lee Hansen

Description:

"Travel through the Balkans." UC San Diego Library.


Barbados

Date produced: 1971

Filmmaker(s):

H. Lee Hansen

Description:

"Scenes from general life in Barbados." UC San Diego Library.


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