John Nesbitt Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.

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

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...

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 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...

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

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 John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells of the Nazis' efforts to shut down an underground resistance newspaper in occupied Belgium.