Glimpses of Ontario

It being wartime, the Traveltalks didn't travel much, making it up with James A. Fitzpatrick's drivel. Here, however, he sends the Technicolor cameras abroad under William Steiner, all the way to Canada.

The first third of this one spends its time on the farm of Ontario Premier Mitchell Hepburn, who would die later that year, before considering the other typical tourist attractions that the series usually showed. There are none of the colorful natives that are usually featured, except for a few red-jacketed Mounties in long shot.

The copy of this film that plays on Turner classic Movies is in the best condition of any I have seen.

Traveltalks actually gets out of the States during wartime but they only make it to Canada. It starts on a farm. It passes by Toronto and heads to Ottawa. If only he would pronounce Rideau Canal correctly. They spend most of the episode sightseeing around Ottawa. It's not that exciting but it has lots of buildings. They really should go inside and give something more than a passing tourist. Well, they're not lying. It's giving us glimpses.