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Film Review

Canada and the United States



Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip. Directed by Ken Burns. Produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. Written by Dayton Duncan. Narrated by Keith David. 2003; black and white and color; 107 minutes Distributed by Florentine Films.

Horatio's Drive is a classic Ken Burns production, lively, well-written, and featuring numerous historical photographs interspersed with modern footage shot in the same locales and peppy music from the period—in this case, ragtime—to draw the viewer into the mood of the era. Most of the documentary is in black and white, including much of the recent footage of western roads shot from a surviving 1903 Winton. Many modern views, however, particularly those of spectacular western scenery and Plains electrical storms, are in full color. . . .

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