John Nesbitt

This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends...

09 de dez. de 1941

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and later established the Nobel Prize.

18 de fev. de 1939

This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has ...

09 de mai. de 1942

That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz S...

30 de abr. de 1938

This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.

18 de mar. de 1939

This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors.

24 de out. de 1942

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short explores the origins of various customs such as shaking hands, kissing, and why ships are christened.

24 de jan. de 1942

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Scandinavian immigrant Annie Swenson, who worked as co...

29 de jan. de 1949

This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, in California in the 1850s.

11 de jun. de 1938

This short tells the story of Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). After a life of adventure, he was instrumental in resett...

24 de jun. de 1939

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane tre...

03 de nov. de 1945

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout the years.

06 de out. de 1945

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.

30 de nov. de 1940

This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln that foretold his death.

10 de nov. de 1940

This short film shows how the war department utilizes a Ph.D., a chimp, and three dogs to help design aptitude tests for men applying for work.

06 de set. de 1941

The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relate the story to America's involvement in World W...

31 de jan. de 1942

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the gentlemanly life and masterful counterfeiting exploits of Everett Nordill, one of the ...

30 de ago. de 1947

In December 1892, a silent mysterious and very private man, for whom a new house has just been built, arrives in the small town of Bridgewood to ke...

20 de jun. de 1942

This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press...

11 de abr. de 1949

Americans are preoccupied with the news, but need an escape from many of the events reported in the news. These escapes in the past have included d...

17 de nov. de 1945

This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgical practices.

19 de ago. de 1939

An American art collector, living in France in the 1870s, who loses his fortune in a stock market crash devises a scheme to get back his wealth thr...

20 de mai. de 1938

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.

28 de out. de 1944

This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking champa...

02 de jan. de 1943

A Yugoslav man, dying after being shot while attempting to help defend his village, writes a letter of encouragement and hope to his unborn child, ...

30 de out. de 1943

This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian immigrant who devoted his life to finding the cause of ...

22 de jun. de 1940

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the evolution of the American city, from the initially small farming village, to the event...

27 de nov. de 1943

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman, who searched for a cure for beri...

10 de out. de 1942

The sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania off the Irish coast on May 7, 1915.

27 de mar. de 2001

Narrator John Nesbitt reminisces about his hometown and childhood in this Passing Parade series short.

07 de fev. de 1948

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New York was tried for sedition based on what he pri...

22 de jul. de 1939

A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.

11 de jan. de 1947

Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the numbe...

13 de jul. de 1940

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a look is taken at the problems of film preservation efforts in the 1930s and early 1940s.

31 de out. de 1942

This final John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short looks at a community, Mooseheart, in Illinois that orphaned children call home.

27 de ago. de 1949

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short looks at how a few specific inventions made a major contribution to the U.S. war effort.

17 de jul. de 1943

Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It targ...

17 de jun. de 1939

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of Mark Carleton, a worker for the USDA who travels across the world trying to ...

09 de dez. de 1939

Narrator John Nesbitt laments the disappearance of the rural one-room schoolhouse in America. He reminisces about his own days as a student in such...

24 de jan. de 1948

This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl at Mardi Gras had a profound effect on his late...

15 de nov. de 1941

This short film focuses on the mysterious and legendary Seri Indians who live in a utopian colony off the west coast of Mexico.

12 de out. de 1940

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man traces his history by the succession of cars his father owned. [This short appears in its entire...

11 de jun. de 1946

This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bring democracy and land reform to Mexico.

28 de nov. de 1942

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, we learn the story of Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer, the man who discovered hypnotism.

28 de ago. de 1948

Young couple Joe and Mary Thompson love each other and their children despite the struggles that they have that are typical of most young couples e...

12 de jun. de 1943

Historical short showing how Eli Whitney (best known for the invention of the cotton gin) played a significant role in the introduction of mass pro...

07 de mai. de 1949

This Passing Parade entry looks at several historical "truths" that just aren't so: Steve Brodie never jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge; Mrs. O'Leary...

03 de jul. de 1943

This Passing Parade series short examines the origins of three popular Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

03 de jul. de 1943

The saga of the Normandie is recounted from her life as a luxury liner, the horrific fire that nearly destroyed her, and her resuscitation to join ...

11 de nov. de 1944

This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.

19 de jan. de 1946

The story of Boys Town, founded by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917 as a haven for wayward, homeless, and neglected boys.

21 de nov. de 1938

This short film takes a look at the tools and methods used to forecast the weather.

03 de mar. de 1945

This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United States.

15 de jul. de 1944

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nes...