Movies: C. Bakaleinikoff

The film tells of the Armand Denis/Lewis Cotlow expedition that had the two men cover 22,000 miles through Tanganyika, Belgian Congo, and British East Africa. The high points of their ten-month trip are an impressive elephant hunt by the Pygmies of B...

American gas rationing during WWII results in comic mayhem as a lingerie executive finds his home overrun with showgirls....

A music professor is fired from his job for not knowing enough about modern "swing" music. He goes to Chicago to learn more about the subject in hopes of getting his job back, but he winds up getting mixed up with gangsters....

James A. FitzPatrick takes a tour of the Fiji Islands. The short depicts the different types of natives that inhabit the islands, and shows villages that have not been changed in architecture for centuries. There are ceremonial dances, and FitzPatric...

This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgical practices....

In this FitzPatrick's Traveltalk short, a trip to Haiti serves as a portal into its history, mainly under 19th century ruler Henri Christophe....

In this Traveltalk series short, we view the Inside Passage to Alaska, the longest protected waterway in the world. Traveling north, we enter the small town of Seward, gateway to the interior. One of the burgeoning industries is the raising of silve...

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her scowling family, and Abner has no idea how to proceed. The film's narrator has us cut away to the kitc...

This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the daughter of the English Isles" against these forces. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Su...

This Traveltalk series short takes the viewer to Alaska, focusing on the cities of Sitka and Juneau....

A Traveltalk look at the exteriors of Washington, D.C.'s famous buildings and monuments....

A phonograph recorder provides incriminating evidence in this mystery that centers upon a widower and his 10-year old child who receives it as a birthday present....

This Traveltalk series short celebrates San Francisco, past and present....

This Traveltalk series entry takes the viewer to a number of locations throughout the state of Florida....

This Traveltalk series short visits the rural agricultural areas of Hungary....