James A. FitzPatrick Movies

This Traveltalk series short gives a glimpse into South African history, albeit from a white person's viewpoint. South Africa is a union of four...

Venezuela was one of the first countries in South America to break away from its Spanish colonial rule, and in spite of it remains one of the most...

An elderly Franz Liszt (1811-1886), living in a monastery, recalls his lost, unrequited love on his birthday.

This Traveltalk series short starts off in Denver, capital of Colorado. Known as a recreational and health center, it is noted for its beautiful...

Documentary short film depicting the life, geography, and historical aspects of the nation of Colombia, focusing on life in Barranquilla....

This Traveltalk series short begins along the mighty Columbia River, which empties into the Pacific Ocean at Portland. The river passes through three...

This travelogue begins with the vast agricultural wealth of the country, whose farmers can produce four times the amount required to feed the...

This travelogue begins at Bangkok's rail depot, a center of Indo-Chinese commerce. Next the narrator talks about Buddhism as the camera shows us some...

In this travelogue of Ceylon, the first stop is Colombo, the capital and chief seaport of this island nation. A short train ride from Colombo is...

This Traveltalk series short visits The Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon.

This Traveltalk entry first visits Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, when the country's name was still Siam. Then it's off to Seoul, South Korea....

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

This FitzPatrick Miniature visits the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the largest geographically unbroken political unit in the world,...

This Traveltalk series short begins with a look at Michigan's major educational institutions, which started as agricultural schools. We then visit...

This Traveltalk series short looks at what was then the Alaska Territory, which according to the film, was being looked at as a potential home to...

This Traveltalk series short follows the route laid out by the famous chain of 21 Spanish missions, begun in 1769 and extending northward for over...

This Traveltalk series short brings us to Lima, Peru where we see a modern city.

This quick look at Lisbon begins with aerial footage of the port city as the off-screen narrator provides some history of a seafaring, colonizing...

This short film focuses on the sights and sounds of the island of Curacao

This Traveltalk series short takes the viewer to the island nation when it was still a British crown colony and the name Sri Lanka was 40 years in...