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In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a look is taken at the problems of film preservation efforts in the 1930s and early 1940s.

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Several scenes from...

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

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

This entry in John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" series is about the great moments in the lives of famous men who found found an answer or made a great...

Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It...

This short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw inspire French physician Rene Laennec to invent the...

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.

The saga of the Normandie is recounted from her life as a luxury liner, the horrific fire that nearly destroyed her, and her resuscitation to join in...

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

This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian immigrant who devoted his life to finding the cause of...

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