The focus of this short is on natural wonders of the western US. The Grand Canyon, Devil's Tower, and Bryce Canyon are all featured. The short ends with some footage of Mount Rushmore. This is particularly interesting historically as the monument wasn't finished at the time of this short so you get to see footage of it in progress. Jefferson and Lincoln's heads aren't completed and Roosevelt wasn't even started yet.
I'm a big fan of the James A. Fitzpatrick Traveltalks series of Technicolor travelogues. In the 1930s the series, including this entry, was photographed by the great Winton C. Hoch. He would go on to become the legendary cinematographer of such classics as The Quiet Man and The Searchers. The footage here is great but it's not one of my favorites in the series. I prefer the entries that feel more like a time capsule of the people and places of the era. While this does feature some footage of Native Americans and the Mt. Rushmore stuff is great historically, it just seems to be lacking a little something the better Traveltalks shorts had.
I'm a big fan of the James A. Fitzpatrick Traveltalks series of Technicolor travelogues. In the 1930s the series, including this entry, was photographed by the great Winton C. Hoch. He would go on to become the legendary cinematographer of such classics as The Quiet Man and The Searchers. The footage here is great but it's not one of my favorites in the series. I prefer the entries that feel more like a time capsule of the people and places of the era. While this does feature some footage of Native Americans and the Mt. Rushmore stuff is great historically, it just seems to be lacking a little something the better Traveltalks shorts had.