"John Nesbitt's PASSING PARADE" 27 August 1949 Factual 10 mins
This final John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short looks at a community, Mooseheart, in Illinois that orphaned children call home.
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John Nesbitt as Narrator (voice)
Frank E. Hull Editor
Passing Parade No. 72: City of Children Trailer
United States 27 August 1949
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31 October 1942
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18 February 1939
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11 November 1944
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 the war effort.
13 July 1940
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17 September 2020
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27 November 1943
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the evolution of the American city, from the initially small farming village, to the eventually hectic, congested metropolis, to the future planned suburban community.
23 August 1947
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Little girls doing housework chores.
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24 March 1949
An employee progresses in the factory where he works by having his wife pass by an attractive Cuban singer.
08 October 1949
This Traveltalk series short focuses on the sights and culture that define "Old England". Included is a visit to the Cotswold Hills area, a ride on the Wye River, and visits to Tintern Abbey in Wales and Laycock Abbey in Wiltshire, England.
07 February 1949
Down on their luck, a couple rent out their ship to a mysterious man looking for treasure he'd hidden during the war.
05 June 1949
Old Mike Brady built Brady Town and was a leader, but a bullet from an unknown assailant has ended his life.
19 April 1949
Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil it.
02 February 1949
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
20 September 1949
Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".
02 December 1949
A prima donna hires a man to pretend to be her lover so as to protect her from an unwelcome suitor. Unbeknownst to her, he is a tenor in disguise.
22 April 1949
Mobster Thomas Nagle and his gang take over a ship to use running guns and counterfeit money into Lisbon.
15 June 1949
It took a lot of courage to set up a new production company devoted to "B" westerns in 1949, a year when the genre was showing signs of winding down.
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