John Nesbitt Movies

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

Highlights a new system that will enable doctors to operate over long distances.

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

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...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used on the battlefield by Germans during WWII makes its...

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

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...

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 later...

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 keep...

This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.

The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

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

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short we see how gossip can be used to spread propaganda or to ruin a person's reputation.

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

John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" purports to show how the behavior of mice can be studied in relation to the interaction of school children.

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

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Several scenes from...

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

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

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