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Flying Route 66: A Sky Bum's Tour of the Mother Road
Aviation photojournalist Russell Munson takes you on an aerial tour of the Mother Road in his Piper Super Cub. Flying low and slow over the entire 2500-mile path from Chicago to Santa Monica, Munson shows what is and what was of the famous highway. This DVD features a bonus section that includes "What is a Piper Super Cub?", a gallery of Munson's spectacular air-to-air photography, favorite Jonathan Livingston Seagull images and aerial photographs.
DVD 40 minutes $29.99
The Ultimate Route 66 75th Anniversary Collection

This boxed set of four videos is a state-by-state tour of Route 66 and includes sections on history, scenery, and planning your own trip down Route 66. These videos are filled with mood music, breathtaking scenery, wacky roadside America, and all of the people that make Route 66 live on today. Included in this special Collection are the following:

  • An American Odyssey

    The classic history of Route 66. From the building of the road to today's renaissance, it's the heartfelt story of the legendary highway. Packed with nostalgic scenes and rare archival footage. it's an unforgettable trip to the America of yesterday. This video is narrated by singer-songwriter Bobby Troup, author Michael Wallis (Route 66: The Mother Road), and Route 66 Association of Arizona founder Angel Delgadillo.

  • Return to the Road

    Thirty years after starring in the CBS TV show "Route 66," Martin Milner returns to the road in a 1960 Corvette for a heartwarming journey through eight states, hundreds of small towns, and a cast of charming, outlandish characters. Candid interviews with the people of the highway form a riveting portrait of roadside America.

  • Drive 66

    The video is a guide to planning your own trip on Route 66. It includes a state-by-state tour of the famous sites and little known attractions, plus inside tips from Route 66 experts.

    Fully updated for the 75th anniversary.

  • Greetings from Route 66: The Video Postcard
    Here's a unique Route 66 collectible. The video highlights hundreds of memorable sites along the "Mother Road" and makes a great souvenir or gift. Full of beautiful scenery, this video postcard can be sent through the mail.
VHS (6) 270 minutes DVD (2) 240 minutes
$49.95
$49.95
The Ultimate Route 66 Collection

Written and hosted by Michael Wallis

This DVD collection of three best-selling videos on Route 66, features Mother Road author and traveller Michael Wallis and includes A Journey Down Route 66, Route 66 Revisited and Route 66 Turns 75. This three-disc set includes visits to tourist spots and quaint motels, secret corners and the little towns made famous by Wallis' popular book on The Mother Road . Plus loads of bonus materials on each DVD.

Come along as award-winning author Wallis takes you on a cross-country video adventure back in time where you will:

  • Visit long forgotten tourist spots and quaint motels, street corners filled with fascinating and unique people
  • Relive yesterday at America's first truck stop and sample food at the greatest diners along The Mother Road
  • Discover why she's called "Bloody 66"
  • Ride along on a classic car
  • "Fun Run"
  • See the majestic splendor of the Grand Canyon, stop at the Cadillac Ranch
DVD (3)* 130 minutes $29.95
This video is a good value because the program is excellent -- but the quality of the tapes is less than optimal.
Bones of the Old Road 

Join highway historians Jim Ross and Jerry McClanahan, creators of the acclaimed Route 66 map series, Here It Is!, as they strike out in search of the Mother Road's forgotten pathways.

From the tangle of alignments at Arlington, Missouri, to a wide and jolting ride up New Mexico's La Bajada Hill, this is the trip you have waited to take. This video helps bring the past alive with a combination of information and humor.

Bones of the Old Road brings the past alive with a wonderful combination of information and humor.

VHS 80 minutes $19.95
A Cruise Down Main Street

Featuring supermodel Hunter Reno travelling from Chicago to L.A., this is a tribute to the the all-weather road that came to symbolize roadside culture in the 20th century.

Reno heads west to recreate one of America's most mythical road trips. Produced in association with the Travel Channel, the video combines recent photography, archival footage and eyewitness accounts with a real life modern journey across the road.

 

VHS 45 minutes $16.95
A Nostalgic Ride Down America's Mother Road from Chicago to L.A.

Most Route 66 videos focus on a nostalgic history of Route 66 and an upbeat look at what has become an American icon. This one doesn't.

This documentary, produced by a British company, looks at the road through the eyes of an outsider. Never sugarcoating what they find, the producers are drawn to the surprising or odd. Without narration, the video soundtrack consists of snippets from an AM car radio, interviews with individuals, and music either discovered live on the road or reflecting the region being travelled.

VHS 105 minutes $19.95
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