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- "The 'Laughing Waters' of Longfellow's 'Hiawatha.' A beautiful view of this picturesque and celebrated waterfall."
- Shanty Moir is the terror of "Fifty-mile" camp, a mining settlement in the great north country. He operates a gold mine, the location of which he keeps secret. By brute force he compels Roy MacGregor, half owner of the mine, to do the work of a horse. He intends to kill him when the gold supply is exhausted. Hattie, MacGregor's daughter, is rescued by Rivers, known as the Snowburner, at "Hell" camp. She and her uncle are searching for Shanty, whom they think has killed her father. After hearing the fate of MacGregor, Rivers decides to locate the gold mine. Pretending to be a half-wit, he goes to "Fifty-mile" camp where he meets Shanty and allows him to take him to the mine as a slave. After he has learned the location of the mine and found MacGregor alive, he kills Shanty in a hand-to-hand fight. Taking all the gold Shanty possessed. Rivers starts back to "Hell" camp with MacGregor. When MacGregor's daughter, Hattie, sees her father still alive, she throws her arms about River's neck and begs him never to leave her.
- Duluth, Minn., at the head of the Great Lakes, as it sits on the side of a vast hill looking down upon the boats which come and go, cool in the summer when the refreshing breezes blow, freezing in the winter, and ice bound, is the subject of one of the most interesting of the scenics, taken by the Gaumont Company and released in the series, "See America First." This Minnesota city is pictured in the twenty-first number of this interesting weekly scenic. In the film is shown the winter sports, curling, fancy skating, skiing and tobogganing. Glimpses of the great steel mills, the woolen manufacturing, the incoming and outgoing supply of ore from the iron range, disclose the great wealth-getting industries of this place.
- Minneapolis and St. Paul, the "Twin-Cities" and "The Gateway of the Northwest," with their wonderful background of lakes, hills and woody plains, form the subject of the twentieth half-reel scenic "See America First." In her personally conducted tour in search of interest-spots in these two cities, the pretty traveler visits the flour mills, the University of Minnesota, the State capitol, Minnehaha Falls, Lake Minnetonka, and the old soldiers' home. In an automobile she takes Mutual spectators for a ride along the city's marvelous parkway around the chain of lakes which are connected by channels, and along the Mississippi River, pointing out to the spectators the thousand and one beauty spots to be found in this section of the country.
- A documentary on Lake Itasca, the primary source of the Mississippi River, including footage of a forest fire.
- Advised by his doctor to take a vacation, New York banker Henry B. Boltwood and his flapper daughter, Claire, drive to Glacier Park. Claire has promised to give an answer to Jeffrey Saxton, who wishes Claire to marry him, upon her return, but during a stop in a small Minnesota town, it is love at the first sight of garage owner Milt Daggett. Milt follows the Boltwoods out of town in his small "bug," pulls them from a muddy ditch, and rescues them from a tramp (an escaping murderer?). Jeffrey is at Glacier Park to meet the Boltwoods, but he settles Claire's dilemma by showing himself a coward when the tramp returns. Milt rescues her, and the two are married.
- In Acadia, now part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them into exile with their lands forfeit to the Crown. Evangeline follows the exiled men in hopes of finding her beloved, but even after he and the other Acadians are released in Louisiana, she cannot find him, always arriving at some locale just after he has departed. But she dedicates her life to searching the continent for the man she loves.
- A short film documenting a list of all the cities and towns in the United States named Augusta.
- A group of children help to rescue a kidnapped child and return her to her family where they throw a big party.
- This short produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture showcases the state parks of Minnesota, and shows how they provide recreation and relaxation for the state's residents.
- Structures, people and events are documented in Cologne, Minnesota, USA in 1939.
- This Traveltalk visit to Minnesota starts in Winona, Minnesota and follows the course of the Mississippi River north to its source in Itasca. In between we visit several cities along the way. Some of the stops are: Rochester, home of the Mayo Clinic; St. Paul, the capital, where narrator FitzPatrick shakes hands with Governor Harold E. Stassen; Hibbing, site of the world's largest open pit iron mine; Duluth, then the world's largest inland water port; and Bemidji, with larger-than-life statues of folk hero Paul Bunyan and his ox, Babe.
- The "Unusual Occupations" crew visits radio's "Amos and Andy" (Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden), who qualify for unusual as white men playing black performers, and then they drop in on young ice-skating star Twinkle Watts, also an accomplished bowler, a couple of years before Republic's Herbert J. Yates signed her to appear in (and mess up)some 1943-44 circa B-westerns starring Don Barry and/or Allan Lane.
- Ingrid Bergman talks about Swedish Americans.
- Stefan Dangos immigrates to America and works his way up from the iron mines and steel mills to become a great American success story as an industrialist.
- A travelogue showcasing the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States, featuring the many industries, cities and states that depend upon the Great Lakes for the manufacturing, shipping and distribution of vital goods and services that power the US economy.
- A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.
- This short follows a young woman who is training to be an airline stewardess at the McConnell Hostess School in Minneapolis, MN.
- This entry (RKO production number 04-304) features the highlights of the just-completed, except for the New Year Day bowl games, and features primarily the end-of-season game in the Cotton Bowl stadium between the number-one ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame and the Mustangs of Southern Methodist University.
- Get a glimpse of "nature's own engineer" hard at work. A young male beaver must defend his new family against hungry predators, mischievous river otters and the ever-impending threat of winter.
- In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining empire of the era. But the Powell mine deposits are diminishing. The Mesabi range represents a whole new productive area but the rights to mine there are held by a young geological engineer, Kyle Ramlo. The latter reaches an impasse when he needs money to continue his experimentation with open-pit mining and goes to Miss Powell for financing. She displays great interest in both his inventive mining method and in him personally but secretly plots to destroy him and take over his Masabi rights. The gullible Ramlo falls into clutches while the girl he really loves, Cathy Norlund, tries desperately to open his eyes to Christine's scheme.
- This short takes a look at the annual nine-day 'King Winter' carnival held in St. Paul, Minnesota, and known as the Mardi Gras of the North. The event has parades, colorful floats, festivities, crowning of the carnival queens, and competition in all sports involving snow and ice, including sculpturing. Canada's Dionne Qunituplets are the special guests for the 1952 Carnival.
- A vacationing school teacher and her friend meet a cowboy on his way to a rodeo. The teacher and the cowboy fall in love while the travelogue camera takes in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, San Francisco, New England, Lake Louise and Niagra Falls.
- "Skipper Darl" was a hosted children's show with Daryl Laub as "Skipper Darl".
- "Lunch With Casey" was a hosted children show with Roger Awsumb as train engineer "Casey Jones".
- "Wrangler Steve" was a hosted children's show with Steve Cannon as "Wrangler Steve".
- One of the popular programs on channel 11 was Cartoon Carnival with "J.P. Patches." Daryl Laub played the popular clown and Chris Wedes would appear as Joe the Cook and other characters.
- "Captain 11" was a 1950's children's science fiction afternoon show hosted by "Captain 11" with Jim Lange playing the Captain from 1954 until 1955, and Chris Wedes as the Captain from 1955 until 1957.
- Scenic tour of the river region.
- "Joe the Cook's Popcorn Party" was a hosted children's show with Chris Weder as "Joe the Cook".
- "Kaptain Kartoon" was a hosted children's show with Daryl Laub as "Kaptain Kartoon".
- "Circus Side-Show" was a hosted children;'s show with Daryl Laub as "T.N.Tatters" the circus clown.
- "Captain Daryl on Cartoon Island" was a hosted children's show with Daryl Laub as "Captain Daryl".
- This promotional film for Redbook magazine profiles its target audience: young suburban married couples with young children.
- "Shock Theatre" was a hosted horror movie show with Herb Taylor as "Dr. Macabre" presenting movies on KDAL-TV Channel 3, Duluth, Minnesota between 1959 to 1960.
- A hosted children's television show with John McKenna as "Sergeant Scotty" on WTCN channel 11 in Minneapolis, Minnesota , USA.