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 500 miles, from San Diego to Sonoma, California. We stop briefly at San Luis Rey and San Juan Capistrano (to watch the swallows) as well as San Juan Bautista and other missions.
Direction
FitzPatrick's narration: aggressively cheerful about colonialism.
Director
James A. FitzPatrick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
FitzPatrick's 'Traveltalks' were MGM's answer to newsreels—pure escapist tourism for wartime audiences craving stability.
The swallow legend at Capistrano was already tourist bait by 1946; the birds were declining due to urbanization FitzPatrick conveniently omits.
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