The Mission Trail

April. 13,1946

Rating：

6.5

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

California Travel Travelogue

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

James A. FitzPatrick as Narrator (voice)

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Reviews

Actuakers

1946/04/13

One of my all time favorites.

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MamaGravity

1946/04/14

good back-story, and good acting

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TaryBiggBall

1946/04/15

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

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Catangro

1946/04/16

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

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utgard14

1946/04/17

Another entry in the TravelTalks series of travelogues narrated by James A. Fitzpatrick. This one covers Spanish missions built in California. Fitzpatrick discusses the history of the missions. As always with this series of shorts, the footage of these locations is the best part. It's filmed in beautiful technicolor. I enjoy these old travelogues. Today it's very easy to look up pictures, videos, and information on any place in the world. But back then shorts like this were a gateway to another world for many people. It gave them the opportunity to see places they probably would never visit. For us, it gives us not only a glimpse at another place but another time as well. One of my favorite parts of this short wasn't even footage of the lovely church buildings. It was footage of the people, highways, businesses, and automobiles from that era. Time capsule, you know? I love this sort of stuff.

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Michael_Elliott

1946/04/18

Mission Trail, The (1946) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Another film in the long-running TravelTalk series with James A. FitzPatrick. This time we look at the twenty-one Spanish mission, which begun in 1769 and went from San Diego to Sonoma. In the short we stop by San Juan Bautista, San Juan Capistrano and San Luis Rey. This is a pretty good entry in the series that once again gives us plenty to look at as well as giving us a bit of history on the subject. One of the most interesting stories takes place in San Luis Rey where original villagers were under attack by Indians when they hung out a picture of the Virgin Mary, which made the Indians put down their weapons. The Technicolor really shows off the various locations well.

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