Travelogue:
Viking River Cruise

Retired Lansing Community College film production professor Bill Blanchard and his wife, Millie, have created a short documentary about their time traveling across Europe on a Viking River Cruise to cities like Prague, Vienna and Amsterdam. The film will be the first in a series of travelogues about various regions of the world showing every Friday through March 17 at the Foster Community Center.

Blanchard says he was inspired by “the heyday of travelogues when superstars Stan Midgley and Don Cooper screened their 16-millimeter Kodachrome movies in the MSU Auditorium to sold-out audiences. They combined gorgeous photography and slapstick humor, touring Colorado, California and Alaska.”

Audiences will find humor throughout Blanchard’s film too, as well as plenty of history mixed with breathtaking views and cinematography.

Admission is $2. Blanchard recommends showing up early to get a good seat and a bag of popcorn.