James A. Fitzpatrick sends the Technicolor cameras to some of the more interesting geology of the American west under the supervision of Winton Hoch. We get to look at the Grand Canyon, long a sure subject for travelogues; the Devil's Tower, in close enough focus that we can gawp at the eroded pipes of stone; and Mount Rushmore, with Gutzon Borlgum hard at work, with Teddy Roosevelt not even begun.
Of course in the eighty and more years since this travelogue was produced, attitudes have shifted from Fitzpatrick's patriotic admiration. Today there's a lot of talk about how the land was stolen from the Amerindian tribes int he area. True enough. It's still a heck of a work.
Of course in the eighty and more years since this travelogue was produced, attitudes have shifted from Fitzpatrick's patriotic admiration. Today there's a lot of talk about how the land was stolen from the Amerindian tribes int he area. True enough. It's still a heck of a work.