Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.
This final John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short looks at a community, Mooseheart, in Illinois ...
This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knock...
This short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw inspir...
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philip...
This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian immigran...
This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King...
This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham L...
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...
In this somewhat whitewashed documentary on Manhattan's Bowery a newcomer to the area takes his firs...
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a look is taken at the problems of film preservation ef...
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Muse...
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bri...
The saga of the Normandie is recounted from her life as a luxury liner, the horrific fire that nearl...
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New Y...
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and...
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used on t...
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout ...
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl ...