James A. Fitzpatrick sends the Technicolor cameras to the island of Java, with Hone Glendinning to supervise the shoot. Fitzpatrick then reads a script with lots of facts, like the population, and lots of shots from the local ships on the water, to Batavia -- now Djakarta -- and a water lily and cactus garden thirty miles from the capital.
Fitzgerald never uses a short word when a long one will almost do, but he has given up shouting at the audience.
The copy of this travelogue that plays on Turner Classic Movies is in very good condition, but the ubiquity of browns in the early scenes may make the viewer think it is damaged. Show some patience.
Fitzgerald never uses a short word when a long one will almost do, but he has given up shouting at the audience.
The copy of this travelogue that plays on Turner Classic Movies is in very good condition, but the ubiquity of browns in the early scenes may make the viewer think it is damaged. Show some patience.