John Nesbitt Movies

Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, America was rife with rumors about the size of Japan's armed forces and how well-equipped they were to wage...

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...

That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz...

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...

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 Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends...

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...

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 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...

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

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 entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian immigrant who devoted his life to finding the cause of...

This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.

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 short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an...

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

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

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

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...

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...