John Nesbitt Movies

  • 1938
    Kentucky

    Kentucky

    Kentucky

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    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...

    Kentucky
  • 1942
    The Film That Was Lost

    The Film That Was Lost

    The Film That Was Lost

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    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.

    The Film That Was Lost
  • 1938
    The Face Behind the Mask

    The Face Behind the Mask

    The Face Behind the Mask

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    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...

    The Face Behind the Mask
  • 1945
    The Great Morgan

    The Great Morgan

    The Great Morgan

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    Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely...

    The Great Morgan
  • 1945
    Stairway to Light

    Stairway to Light

    Stairway to Light

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    This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane...

    Stairway to Light
  • 1942
    Inflation

    Inflation

    Inflation

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

    Inflation
  • 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
  • 1944
    Main Street Today

    Main Street Today

    Main Street Today

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    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...

    Main Street Today
  • 1939
    The Story of Alfred Nobel

    The Story of Alfred Nobel

    The Story of Alfred Nobel

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

    The Story of Alfred Nobel
  • 1941
    Main Street on the March!

    Main Street on the March!

    Main Street on the March!

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    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...

    Main Street on the March!
  • 1947
    A Really Important Person

    A Really Important Person

    A Really Important Person

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    A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.

    A Really Important Person
  • 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
  • 1943
    To My Unborn Son

    To My Unborn Son

    To My Unborn Son

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    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,...

    To My Unborn Son
  • 1945
    Watchtower Over Tomorrow

    Watchtower Over Tomorrow

    Watchtower Over Tomorrow

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

    Watchtower Over Tomorrow
  • 1939
    The Story That Couldn't Be Printed

    The Story That Couldn't Be Printed

    The Story That Couldn't Be Printed

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    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...

    The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
  • 1943
    Nursery Rhyme Mysteries

    Nursery Rhyme Mysteries

    Nursery Rhyme Mysteries

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

    Nursery Rhyme Mysteries
  • 1943
    Who's Superstitious?

    Who's Superstitious?

    Who's Superstitious?

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    This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking...

    Who's Superstitious?
  • 1949
    Annie Was a Wonder

    Annie Was a Wonder

    Annie Was a Wonder

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

    Annie Was a Wonder
  • 1946
    Magic on a Stick

    Magic on a Stick

    Magic on a Stick

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

    Magic on a Stick
  • 1940
    A Way in the Wilderness

    A Way in the Wilderness

    A Way in the Wilderness

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    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...

    A Way in the Wilderness