This short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw inspire French physician Rene Laennec to invent the stethoscope, and a pair of shoes made of caoutchouc lead Charles Goodyear to discover the process for vulcanizing rubber.
This entry in John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" series is about the great moments in the lives of famo...
Kostis is a 40-year-old doctor that finds himself in the small island of Antiparos, in order to take...
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American sl...
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and...
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl ...
Master painter Hans Moll and his wife, the television announcer Ms. Wellinek and her husband, and th...
This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bri...
A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen y...
Three specific and separate stories of life's passing parade are presented.
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout ...
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
In the second part of the historical thriller, midwife Gesa succeeds in becoming the first female me...
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 short film shows how the war department utilizes a Ph.D., a chimp, and three dogs to help desig...
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philip...
This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King...
The story of a Antoine, a physician who was exiled to China in the 1930's due to his drug habit.
Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician Chris...