Mighty Manhattan, New York's Wonder City (1949)

This short film visits many of the neighborhoods and landmarks on Manhattan Island. Among the neighborhoods are the Bowery, Chinatown, Herald Square, and Times Square. It also features the Empire State Building, the New York Public Library, Temple Emanuel, the Central Park Zoo, and the Rockefeller Center complex. The picture quality of this film is fantastic. Released on July 30, 1949.

A Drive in Cairo Egypt (1956)

This clip features beautiful color footage of a drive in downtown Cairo in 1956.

Color Film of London (1927)

Fascinating vintage color footage featuring scenes of London from the 1920s. This film was shot by Claude Friese-Greene, the inventor of the Friese-Greene Colour Process. Beginning in 1924, Claude began putting together a series of shots called The Open Road. Several locations are shown including Hyde Park, Westminster, London Bridge and the approach to Trafalgar Square.

Legoland Park Opens in Billund Denmark (1968)

Fascinating footage showing the opening of Legoland Billund, the original Legoland park, which opened in 1968 in Billund, Denmark. This park is located next to the original Lego factory and is still open today. Thanks to British Pathe for sharing this great clip.

London's Outer Ring (1924)

"London's Outer Ring" is one of 12 'Wonderful London' travelogues made in 1924 and restored by the BFI National Archive to offer a fascinating glimpse of London life during the silent era. This extract shows the stadium at White City, built for the 1908 London Olympics, as well as buildings from the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition.

New York City Tour- 1920

A fascinating short video that takes a look at New York City in 1920. This film was directed by Ray Foster. Many thanks to TV Days for sharing.

New Orleans Mardi Gras- Color (1941)

A fascinating video clip in color of Mardi Gras in New Orleans dating back to 1941. Includes great shots of various parades and street scenes. This was the first year a female krewe paraded (Venus) and was the last celebration until after the war.

Bethany in Judea (1925)

Bethany, Judea, Palestine in the 1920s. From the series: A Pilgrimage To Palestine. Silent film.

New Orleans in 1940

This is one of a series of "Travel Talk" shorts that documentarian James A. Fitzpatrick made for MGM.

Disneyland Memories (1968)

Great classic footage of Disneyland from 1968. Includes bonus footage of Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park dating from around 1970.

Travel Film Archive- Bogota (1946)

Vintage video by The Pan American Union on Bogota that was released in 1946. Includes great shots of this capital city, as well as the people and culture of the time.

Glimpses of Erin (1934)

Ireland was still reliant on agriculture when this Traveltalk visit was made in the early 1930s. After looking at the farmers in the countryside and the cattle market in Galway, we see the sights and hear the sounds of Dublin, the capital city.

Coca-Cola Advertising in Brazil (1947)

Film footage of Coca-Cola advertising in Brazil. Features billboards in Rio De Janeiro, Copacabana Beach, Copacabana Palace Hotel, and Sao Paulo. Also see the Coca-Cola neon sign being constructed on the second-highest building in the city at the time.

This Land of Ours- New Mexico (1947)

A tour of New Mexico, its cities, historical sites and tourist attractions.

Travel Trailers- Florida Snowbird Park (1937)

Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. That's the motto of millions who follow the sun with a home on wheels.

Saludos Amigos- Rio de Janeiro (1942)

A clip from Walt Disney's 1942 film Saludos Amigos, which is based on a trip to South America that Disney and his cartoonists made.

Seeing Paris- 1920s

A video tour of the landmarks of Paris in the 1920's by Burton Holmes. Fascinating footage of well known sites, automobiles and fashions of the day.

Peking- The Imperial City (1930)

A video tour of the Chinese city of Peking (Beijing) in 1930.

Cross Country with the Osborn Family (1948)

A little background on this video:

In 1948, the Osborn family loaded up their vehicle and headed for West Virginia. Their starting point was Redlands, CA. The film was shot in 1948 with an 8mm movie camera. Back in those days, Route 66 was one of the major west-east routes, thus the theme song, even though the family does travel on other routes besides Route 66.

Madeira (1931)

A tour of the island of Madeira in the 1930s. Many thanks to Travel Film Archive.