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

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

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the...

True story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, inspired by his mother.

A portrait of the inventor of the letterpress, who was a key figure in the history of mankind, but a...

The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor Leonardo da Vinci leaves Italy to join the French cou...

The Great Kantō Earthquake is said to be the worst natural disaster in the history of Japan. When di...

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

While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to over...

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Muse...

In 1895, Shivkar Bapuji Talpade constructs and flies India's first unmanned plane, despite having th...

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

Historical short showing how Eli Whitney (best known for the invention of the cotton gin) played a s...

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

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

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

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

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually riva...

Kherson, Ukraine's embattled city, has endured invasion, occupation, and liberation. On February 24,...

Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relation...