THIS AMAZING AMERICA

Duration: 20min

Year Published: 1941

Creator: National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations

Sound: Sound

Description: Produced by Wilding, Inc. Made in collaboration with the Greyhound lines. On a radio quiz program a young history professor wins with a perfect 100 score. A young southern girl achieves a perfect 0 score and to her as well as to the winner a trip around the United States on a Greyhound bus is awarded. The "dumb Dora" questions of the little southerner afford the opportunity required for the audience to learn many important or interesting facts about the places visited and the things seen. It also permits the bus operators to give specific information to its passengers on the convenience, comfort, etc. of bus travelling. The trip covers many points of interest and important parts of all the country. An entertaining, attractive and instructive film

Complete Record: Dewey number: 917.3 Audience level: jh-sh-c Format/cost: *16-sd-color-loan Distributors / rental: D. T. Davis Company; Films of commerce loan; University System of Georgia, Division of General Extension $1; Ideal Pictures Corporation loan; Indiana University 50c; University of Missouri 75c; Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc loan; Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont 50c

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946