Technicolor Adventure Explained

The name “Technicolor Adventure” was used by Warner Bros. to define its one-reel (mostly 9–10 minutes in length) film shorts that were not part of the Sports Parade, also shot in Technicolor in the 1940s. Most were travelogues or human interest documentary films. Gordon Hollingshead produced most of them, with music scores provided by Howard Jackson.

List of films by title / major credits (not complete) / release date or copyright date (marked ©) / notes:

TitleMajor creditsRelease dateNotes
Fashions for Tomorrow November 17, 1945
In Old Santa Fe producers: A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner (producers); André de la Varre (director); narrator: Truman Bradley (actor); January 12, 1946 covers Santa Fe, New Mexico festival in 1945
All Aboard March 30, 1946 history of railroads
Girls and Flowers May 25, 1946 visits Holland, Michigan and Cypress Gardens, Florida
Let's Go Camping Frederick Richards (film editor)
music: Rex Dunn
July 27, 1946 two girls camp at the Grand Canyon and Painted Desert (Arizona)
Adventures in South America August 10, 1946 visits Lake Titicaca, La Paz, Cuzco Region, Lima & Peruvian side of the Amazon forests; (© December 30, 1945)
Star Spangled City October 19, 1946 Washington D.C.
Rubber River Sullivan C. Richardson (director); story: Charles Tedford; narrator: Truman Bradley (actor); November 16, 1946 Nicaragua Coco River
Beautiful Bali Deane H. Dickason (director) © December 28, 1946 travelogue of Bali runs longer than the others (15 minutes)
Kingdom of the Wild Carl Stearns Clancy
story: Charles Tedford; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning;
March 15, 1947 National Park wildlife
Circus Horse June 28, 1947 mini-western drama
Glamour Town August 2, 1947 spring 1946 tour of Hollywood
Branding Irons August 16, 1947 King Ranch (Texas) and other ranch locales
Land of Romance Luis Osorno Barona (director); music: Rex Dunn September 6, 1947 southern Mexico
Dad Minds the Baby December 20, 1947 comedy about infants; (filmed October 1946)
What's Hatchin'? February 28, 1948 poultry farms in Long Island
Rhythm of a Big City March 27, 1948 New York City tour
Living With Lions June 5, 1948
Mysterious Ceylon September 25, 1948
Jungle Man Killers November 6, 1948 a tiger hunt in Hyderabad
Bannister's Bantering Babies Constance BannisterDecember 4, 1948 photographer profile
Circus Town January 15, 1949 filmed in Gainesville, Texas
Camera Angles © December 15, 1948 magazine cover photography with cameos by Barbara Bates, Jack Carson, Sonia Henie, Hedy Lamarr & Alexis Smith; (Completed October 1947)
Treachery Rides the Trail March 19, 1949 juvenile melodrama
Spring Comes to Niagara Gordon Sparling (director); narrator: Lamont Tilden June 18, 1949 Niagara Falls

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