1940 spirit Nova Scotians seem to be lost
This video was in very rough shape when found it. I was blow away to take look at 1940s and see what was like in Color video. I so happen I was able to restore for public to see.
When I was a young child I remember on the first half of the programme at the pictures we would often be presented with a travelogue usually featuring "The Voice of the Globe" - James FitzPatrick. We all found them frightfully interesting as most of us were too poor to even go beyond the tram terminus. Made in Technicolor, they made you feel as though you were there.
For those who may not have memories that stray back that far, Mr. FitzPatrick narrated the travelogues rather quaintly himself and some of his phrases such as "As the sun sinks slowly in the west, we must say farewell to...." have been lampooned on occasion and stick forever in the mind.
I notice that Turner Classic Movies has been featuring some of these items between pictures now and then and it causes me to enquirer as to who now owns the films? And, presumably what is shown on the telly are just prints that have been in circulation for some time - would the original negatives still be in existence from which sparkling new Technicolor prints could be made? I feel that a whole new audience would find these films fascinating - even though Mr. FitzPatrick does refer to some peoples as "native savages" in his colorful old-fashioned phraseology.
No idea who owns them, but I see them often enough on TCM and they sometimes can be patronizing in a "look at those funny foreigners" way. Even my parents native country got it in the neck from Mr. FitzPatrick. I was only glad that my mother didn't see the short, it would have outraged her, not a good thing for her advanced age. It's gotten so that when I find I've recorded a short I pray, "anything but a TravelTalk!" Of course, then I'm rewarded with a Pete Smith Specialty!
When I was a young child I remember on the first half of the programme at the pictures we would often be presented with a travelogue usually featuring "The Voice of the Globe" - James FitzPatrick. We all found them frightfully interesting as most of us were too poor to even go beyond the tram terminus. Made in Technicolor, they made you feel as though you were there.
For those who may not have memories that stray back that far, Mr. FitzPatrick narrated the travelogues rather quaintly himself and some of his phrases such as "As the sun sinks slowly in the west, we must say farewell to...." have been lampooned on occasion and stick forever in the mind.
I notice that Turner Classic Movies has been featuring some of these items between pictures now and then and it causes me to enquirer as to who now owns the films? And, presumably what is shown on the telly are just prints that have been in circulation for some time - would the original negatives still be in existence from which sparkling new Technicolor prints could be made? I feel that a whole new audience would find these films fascinating - even though Mr. FitzPatrick does refer to some peoples as "native savages" in his colorful old-fashioned phraseology.
No idea who owns them, but I see them often enough on TCM and they sometimes can be patronizing in a "look at those funny foreigners" way. Even my parents native country got it in the neck from Mr. FitzPatrick. I was only glad that my mother didn't see the short, it would have outraged her, not a good thing for her advanced age. It's gotten so that when I find I've recorded a short I pray, "anything but a TravelTalk!" Of course, then I'm rewarded with a Pete Smith Specialty!
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