Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.
In this somewhat whitewashed documentary on Manhattan's Bowery a newcomer to the area takes his firs...
This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham L...
This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knock...
This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King...
The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relat...
Historical short showing how Eli Whitney (best known for the invention of the cotton gin) played a s...
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used on t...
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl ...
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a look is taken at the problems of film preservation ef...
This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bri...
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Muse...
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New Y...
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout ...
Americans are preoccupied with the news, but need an escape from many of the events reported in the ...
A "Passing Parade" MGM short featuring tennis star Alice Marble
Eight single men, full of hope, departed on a long journey to Moscow to pursue luck. How strong is t...
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and...
Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant thing...
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American sl...