It's pretty rare to see an entry of the Traveltalks series that ventures outside a particular area or city being focused on. This one goes between many locations around the entire United States and shows us some of their most interesting attractions. We start at Crater Lake, a huge body of water in Oregon. We then travel to Utah where we investigate the Utah copper open cut mine, located at Bingham Canyon. It's an enormous quarry responsible for providing most of the world's copper. Next on the list is Hannibal, Missouri, perhaps best known as the home of Mark Twain, who was once a boat pilot on the Mississippi River. In a park on a hill overlooking the river stands a statue of Twain, whose internationally acclaimed literature has commanded the respect of millions wherever avid readers are found. Meanwhile in Washington State, a contest is underway in a river. People attempt the very difficult task of trying to stand on a wet log and not fall off. One woman is so proficient at it she's able to do a cartwheel and still maintain balance. All the way on the other side of America sits the Potomac River, and located nearby is Arlington National Cemetery, arguably america's most hallowed ground. There's the famous Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, perpetually guarded by servicemen who rotate shifts, and it serves as a memorial to all american servicemen who did not return from World War 1. Also in the cemetery is Arlington House, an impressive marble structure once in the possession of the Southern general Robert E Lee and his wife, Mary Custis (a descendant of Martha Washington). Finally, we see the mast of the USS Maine, the battleship whose destruction is usually considered one of the contributing factors to the war america fought with Spain in the late 1800s. This was a nice deviation from the typical presentations Fitzpatrick is the narrator for. We never really get to see the territory of an entire country get traversed in this series (with the exception of the one that talks about the Andes Mountains). The reason why this was made is probably because WW2 was going on and Fitzpatrick now had a narrow set of options for what places he could record.

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A clip reel of various sites around the United States, from Oregon to Virginia. Stops include Crater Lake, Oregon; Bingham Canyon, Utah; Hannibal, Missouri; Washington DC and Arlington, Virginia.

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