John Nesbitt Movies

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...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman, who searched for a cure for...

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...

Adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of a destitute little girl who sells matches, and uses them to escape the cold on Christmas Eve,...

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

Sunny-sweet the prune shows us how prunes are made from certain kinds of plums, why they're so good for you, and, in live action, some recipes made...

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...

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short explores the origins of various customs such as shaking hands, kissing, and why ships are christened.

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...

This short film focuses on the mysterious and legendary Seri Indians who live in a utopian colony off the west coast of Mexico.

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...

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

The "new roadways" of the title refer to various projects, carried out in the USA's research laboratories, that benefit mankind. These include solar...

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

This final John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short looks at a community, Mooseheart, in Illinois that orphaned children call home.

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...

This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United States.

John Nesbitt takes a look at hobbies in this Passing Parade short.

A "Passing Parade" MGM short featuring tennis star Alice Marble