. . . opines the obnoxious narrator of OVER THE SEAS TO BELFAST. I suppose that when this dude is coming to the U. S., he blathers "All true Americans eat hot dogs." If this blowhard ventures into Canada, he doubtless asserts "All true Maple Leaf wavers club baby seals." Should he wind up in Holland, he'd observe "All true Dutch men stick their fingers in dikes." While perambulating in Peru, Jim A. Would say "All true Peruvians wear funny hats." If he took a side trip to Panama, he could simply remark "Ditto."
4 Reviews
Back On The Global Beat
boblipton29 January 2022
With the War finally over, James A. Fitzpatrick claims to have accompanied the Technicolor cameras to Belfast, although he lets Virgil Miller and S. D. Onions run them. Eventually, back in the recording studios, he speaks about Belfast being the largest producer of linen, and shows us the King, his wife, and the Princess Elizabeth -- the current Elizabeth II as I write this.
Fitzpatrick devotes about a third of this movie to the royals. Either this is excessive, or there wasn't much about Belfast worth showing. The copy of this travelogue that shows on Turner Classic Movies is in decent shape when it comes to colors, but shows the sort of image loss you would expect from a 16mm. TV print.
Fitzpatrick devotes about a third of this movie to the royals. Either this is excessive, or there wasn't much about Belfast worth showing. The copy of this travelogue that shows on Turner Classic Movies is in decent shape when it comes to colors, but shows the sort of image loss you would expect from a 16mm. TV print.
royalist Traveltalks
SnoopyStyle12 October 2020
Traveltalks boards the RMS Scythia as it leaves Halifax with a cargo of about 150 British children evacuees. They arrive in Liverpool and Traveltalks transfers to continue their trip to Belfast. Life is returning to normal for this post-war metropolis. The King and Queen make a visit to Northern Ireland.
This does present a time and places during that time. Its most compelling aspect is its royalist attitude towards the Royal visit in Northern Ireland. It is complete adoration for the royal family and that is an intriguing time capsule in itself. Otherwise, the kids are interesting but not much else.
This does present a time and places during that time. Its most compelling aspect is its royalist attitude towards the Royal visit in Northern Ireland. It is complete adoration for the royal family and that is an intriguing time capsule in itself. Otherwise, the kids are interesting but not much else.
TravelTalks
Michael_Elliott3 August 2009
Over the Seas to Belfast (1946)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
This entry in MGM's TravelTalks series starts off on a boat by Halofax, Scotland where we learn that this trip is the fist James A. FitzPatrick has made overseas since the end of WW2 when the travel band was lifted. We then get to see over a hundred children who fled Great Britain and are just returning home to be with their parents. After that we travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland where we get to see their three-million dollar city hall, Princess Elizabeth and how fast the people in the city move. This is one of the better entries in the series because of the first few minutes on the boat. It's certainly interesting, history wise, to know that these children were toddlers when they left the country and are now returning to a home they don't really know. It's too bad the short didn't center on them for the entire running time as I'm sure there are many great stories to be told. The second half is fairly decent but we don't learn too much about the city because most of the time is spent discussing the royal members there.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
This entry in MGM's TravelTalks series starts off on a boat by Halofax, Scotland where we learn that this trip is the fist James A. FitzPatrick has made overseas since the end of WW2 when the travel band was lifted. We then get to see over a hundred children who fled Great Britain and are just returning home to be with their parents. After that we travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland where we get to see their three-million dollar city hall, Princess Elizabeth and how fast the people in the city move. This is one of the better entries in the series because of the first few minutes on the boat. It's certainly interesting, history wise, to know that these children were toddlers when they left the country and are now returning to a home they don't really know. It's too bad the short didn't center on them for the entire running time as I'm sure there are many great stories to be told. The second half is fairly decent but we don't learn too much about the city because most of the time is spent discussing the royal members there.
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