John Nesbitt Movies

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

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

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...

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...

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 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...

This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, in California in the 1850s.