John Nesbitt Movies
- 1941
Out of Darkness
Out of Darkness01941HD
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells of the Nazis' efforts to shut down an underground resistance newspaper in occupied Belgium.
- 1943
This Is Tomorrow
This Is Tomorrow71943HD
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...
- 1941
Strange Testament
Strange Testament51941HD
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...
- 1945
The Seesaw and the Shoes
The Seesaw and the Shoes01945HD
This short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw inspire French physician Rene Laennec to invent the...
- 1945
The Golden Hunch
The Golden Hunch01945HD
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...
- 1938
The Forgotten Step
The Forgotten Step01938HD
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...
- 1939
Angel of Mercy
Angel of Mercy01939HD
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
- 1945
It Looks Like Rain
It Looks Like Rain01945HD
This short film takes a look at the tools and methods used to forecast the weather.
- 1940
A Way in the Wilderness
A Way in the Wilderness01940HD
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...
- 1942
Inflation
Inflation51942HD
The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
- 1940
Trifles of Importance
Trifles of Importance61940HD
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...
- 1942
Flag of Mercy
Flag of Mercy01942HD
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...
- 1944
Grandpa Called It Art
Grandpa Called It Art01944HD
This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United States.
- 1945
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Watchtower Over Tomorrow51945HD
Short documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United Nations.
- 1946
Our Old Car
Our Old Car41946HD
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man traces his history by the succession of cars his father owned. [This short appears in its entirety...
- 1939
New Roadways
New Roadways01939HD
The "new roadways" of the title refer to various projects, carried out in the USA's research laboratories, that benefit mankind. These include solar...
- 1943
That's Why I Left You
That's Why I Left You01943HD
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...
- 1942
Famous Boners
Famous Boners51942HD
This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors.
- 1941
Hobbies
Hobbies01941HD
John Nesbitt takes a look at hobbies in this Passing Parade short.
- 1939
The Story of Alfred Nobel
The Story of Alfred Nobel61939HD
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and later established the Nobel Prize.