John Nesbitt Movies
- 1938

The Ship That Died
The Ship That Died5.91938HD
This MGM An Historical Mystery short traces the final voyage of the Mary Celeste, a ship discovered at sea, in December 1872, devoid - for no...
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- 1946

Magic on a Stick
Magic on a Stick81946HD
This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.
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- 1945

The Golden Hunch
The Golden Hunch91945HD
This entry in John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" series is about the great moments in the lives of famous men who found found an answer or made a great...
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- 1938

The Face Behind the Mask
The Face Behind the Mask5.61938HD
This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV imprisoned a man who was never...
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- 1939

The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed71939HD
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...
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- 1939

The Giant of Norway
The Giant of Norway6.51939HD
This short tells the story of Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). After a life of adventure, he was instrumental in...
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- 1943

To My Unborn Son
To My Unborn Son7.31943HD
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,...
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- 1938

That Mothers Might Live
That Mothers Might Live6.21938HD
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...
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- 1943

Don't You Believe It
Don't You Believe It6.31943HD
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's...
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- 1942

The Woman in the House
The Woman in the House6.51942HD
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 an...
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- 1944

Return from Nowhere
Return from Nowhere61944HD
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.
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- 1949

Clues to Adventure
Clues to Adventure7.31949HD
This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press,...
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- 1940

Trifles of Importance
Trifles of Importance7.51940HD
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...
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- 1942

The Magic Alphabet
The Magic Alphabet6.51942HD
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman, who searched for a cure for...
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- 1940

A Way in the Wilderness
A Way in the Wilderness71940HD
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...
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- 1945

The Great American Mug
The Great American Mug7.21945HD
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout the years.
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- 1941

Main Street on the March!
Main Street on the March!6.11941HD
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...
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- 1950

Screen Actors
Screen Actors6.21950HD
This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
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- 1944

Main Street Today
Main Street Today6.31944HD
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...
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- 1939

The Story of Dr. Jenner
The Story of Dr. Jenner81939HD
This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.
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