John Nesbitt Movies

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

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

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

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

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

Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.

This short film takes a look at the tools and methods used to forecast the weather.

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

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

This short film shows how the war department utilizes a Ph.D., a chimp, and three dogs to help design aptitude tests for men applying for work.

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

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

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

This short tells the story of Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). After a life of adventure, he was instrumental in...

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 dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman, who searched for a cure for...

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

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...

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...