Movies: James A. FitzPatrick

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

This Traveltalk entry visits a Djuka tribal village in Dutch Guiana, which would later be called Suriname. The Djuka are descendants of west Africans who escaped from ships that were taking them to slave markets in America in the 16th century....

Fitzpatrick Traveltalks...

The ugly duckling of the title is Hans Christian Andersen, the author who wrote fairy tales that still delight readers to this day. This Traveltalk series entry tells the story of Andersen's life. We visit the city of his birth and journey to other p...

A tour of Salt Lake City, Utah....

This Traveltalk series short visit to Argentina includes a look at its capital Buenos Aires....

This Traveltalk series short visits South Africa, including Cape Town....

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

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

Travelogue of Ireland including a trip to County Kerry and an interview with William T. Cosgrave....

A visit to Chicago, featuring the city's architecture and well-known landmarks....

This Traveltalk series short looks at pre-World War II Tokyo, highlighting the influences of Western culture....

This Traveltalk series short begins with a look at Michigan's major educational institutions, which started as agricultural schools. We then visit the fish hatcheries at Grayling, which are used to keep the state's numerous lakes and rivers well stoc...

This travelogue begins with an appreciation of Bombay as a port city. Beyond the port and Taj Mahal Hotel is a teeming city, dominated by caste. The narrator casts a baleful eye on the treatment of hardworking Untouchables, especially the women. We w...

Fitzpatrick Traveltalks...

A James A. FitzPatrick travelogue of Iceland....

This Traveltalk series short focuses first on the architectural styles found in Arizona, then switches to the natural wonders in the state....

This Traveltalk short visits southern Mexico....

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....

This travelogue begins with the vast agricultural wealth of the country, whose farmers can produce four times the amount required to feed the country's population. As such, the export of these agricultural products is a vital part of the country's ec...