John Nesbitt Movies

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

This short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw inspire French physician Rene Laennec to invent the...

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Several scenes from...

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

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...

The "unseen guardians" of the title are the Postal Inspection Service, which investigates mail order racketeering; the Underwriters' Laboratories,...

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

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

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

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...

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, we learn the story of Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer, the man who discovered hypnotism.

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...

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...

A look at how the weather bureau tries to warn farmers and businessmen about approaching large storms. Although some precautions can be taken to...

This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors.

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.

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...

Narrator John Nesbitt reminisces about his hometown and childhood in this Passing Parade series short.

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...