Mediterranean Ports of Call (1941)
** (out of 4)
Around the World in California (1947)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Two short's from MGM's TravelTalk series with both being shown in Technicolor. The first film tells the early bloody history of Algiers, the city of Monte Carlo and other historic sites including the infamous Suicide Rock. The second short shows us California and how various locations there are just like many other famous cities across the world. From the deserts to the forests to Hollywood, the short shows off why you can find just about anything in the state. As I've said countless times before when reviewing these TravelTalk films, they are certainly a product of their time as they've certainly been bypassed by better documents of these places but both of these shorts remain mildly entertaining on a history level. The California episode is clearly the best as it nicely breaks down the state and how it is like so many other places. The first film is decent but we really don't get to learn too much about any of the places it covers.