John Nesbitt Movies

  • 1940
    Trifles of Importance

    Trifles of Importance

    Trifles of Importance

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    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...

    Trifles of Importance
  • 1939
    Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

    Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

    Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

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

    Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
  • 1941
    This Is the Bowery

    This Is the Bowery

    This Is the Bowery

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    In this somewhat whitewashed documentary on Manhattan's Bowery a newcomer to the area takes his first step toward redemption after a meal, bed, and...

    This Is the Bowery
  • 1941
    Willie and the Mouse

    Willie and the Mouse

    Willie and the Mouse

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

    Willie and the Mouse
  • 2001
    Sinking the Lusitania

    Sinking the Lusitania

    Sinking the Lusitania

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

    Sinking the Lusitania
  • 1945
    People on Paper

    People on Paper

    People on Paper

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    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...

    People on Paper
  • 1940
    Dreams

    Dreams

    Dreams

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

    Dreams
  • 1948
    Goodbye, Miss Turlock

    Goodbye, Miss Turlock

    Goodbye, Miss Turlock

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    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 a...

    Goodbye, Miss Turlock
  • 1943
    This Is Tomorrow

    This Is Tomorrow

    This Is Tomorrow

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    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...

    This Is Tomorrow
  • 1942
    The Incredible Stranger

    The Incredible Stranger

    The Incredible Stranger

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    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...

    The Incredible Stranger
  • 1941
    Your Last Act

    Your Last Act

    Your Last Act

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    This short looks at the odd bequests that people have made in their wills over the years. They include a woman who left her fortune to her pet cat...

    Your Last Act
  • 1941
    Strange Testament

    Strange Testament

    Strange Testament

    7.51941HD

    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...

    Strange Testament
  • 1942
    Flag of Mercy

    Flag of Mercy

    Flag of Mercy

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    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 War...

    Flag of Mercy
  • 1949
    Clues to Adventure

    Clues to Adventure

    Clues to Adventure

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

    Clues to Adventure
  • 1944
    A Lady Fights Back

    A Lady Fights Back

    A Lady Fights Back

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    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 in...

    A Lady Fights Back
  • 1938
    The City of Little Men

    The City of Little Men

    The City of Little Men

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

    The City of Little Men
  • 1939
    Angel of Mercy

    Angel of Mercy

    Angel of Mercy

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

    Angel of Mercy
  • 1939
    Forgotten Victory

    Forgotten Victory

    Forgotten Victory

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    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...

    Forgotten Victory
  • 1945
    Music in the Sky

    Music in the Sky

    Music in the Sky

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    A film recreating a broadcast of the Westinghouse Radio Program starring John Charles Thomas and John Nesbitt. Program narrator was Gayne Whitman and...

    Music in the Sky
  • 1942
    Mr. Blabbermouth!

    Mr. Blabbermouth!

    Mr. Blabbermouth!

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    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...

    Mr. Blabbermouth!