John Nesbitt Movies

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

Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, America was rife with rumors about the size of Japan's armed forces and how well-equipped they were to wage...

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with...

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.

This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional...

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

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

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

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

Short documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United Nations.

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

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...

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

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.

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...

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

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...

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,...

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

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...