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

Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant thing...

This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bri...

This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl ...

This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden fr...

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 tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and...

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

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short explores the origins of various customs such as shaking han...

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

This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneeri...

The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relat...

Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dr...

A look at how the weather bureau tries to warn farmers and businessmen about approaching large storm...

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philip...

This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham L...

This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King...

In this somewhat whitewashed documentary on Manhattan's Bowery a newcomer to the area takes his firs...

Americans are preoccupied with the news, but need an escape from many of the events reported in the ...

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout ...

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New Y...