John Nesbitt Movies
- 1943

That's Why I Left You
That's Why I Left You81943HD
Young couple Joe and Mary Thompson love each other and their children despite the struggles that they have that are typical of most young couples...
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- 1944

Main Street Today
Main Street Today6.31944HD
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional...
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- 1939

The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed71939HD
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New York was tried for sedition based on what he...
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- 1943

To My Unborn Son
To My Unborn Son7.31943HD
A Yugoslav man, dying after being shot while attempting to help defend his village, writes a letter of encouragement and hope to his unborn child,...
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- 1938

The Ship That Died
The Ship That Died5.91938HD
This MGM An Historical Mystery short traces the final voyage of the Mary Celeste, a ship discovered at sea, in December 1872, devoid - for no...
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- 1944

Return from Nowhere
Return from Nowhere61944HD
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.
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- 1939

One Against the World
One Against the World81939HD
This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgical practices.
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- 1945

Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Watchtower Over Tomorrow5.41945HD
Short documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United Nations.
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- 1942

Inflation
Inflation6.31942HD
The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
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- 1940

Trifles of Importance
Trifles of Importance7.51940HD
Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant things can affect people. The first is how the number...
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- 1941

Strange Testament
Strange Testament7.51941HD
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl at Mardi Gras had a profound effect on his later...
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- 1939

The Story of Dr. Jenner
The Story of Dr. Jenner81939HD
This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.
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- 1941

Whispers
Whispers81941HD
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short we see how gossip can be used to spread propaganda or to ruin a person's reputation.
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- 1942

The Woman in the House
The Woman in the House6.51942HD
This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an...
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- 1938

The City of Little Men
The City of Little Men6.71938HD
The story of Boys Town, founded by Father Edward Flanagan in 1917 as a haven for wayward, homeless, and neglected boys.
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- 1948

The Fabulous Fraud
The Fabulous Fraud6.31948HD
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, we learn the story of Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer, the man who discovered hypnotism.
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- 1942

Flag of Mercy
Flag of Mercy7.51942HD
The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relate the story to America's involvement in World War...
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- 1941

Willie and the Mouse
Willie and the Mouse101941HD
John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" purports to show how the behavior of mice can be studied in relation to the interaction of school children.
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- 1941

Out of Darkness
Out of Darkness71941HD
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells of the Nazis' efforts to shut down an underground resistance newspaper in occupied Belgium.
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- 1941

Main Street on the March!
Main Street on the March!6.11941HD
This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends...
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