Magic on a Stick

For those who heart history and the great city of Chicago, this film will take you through time with...

In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and invest...

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

In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psycho...

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...

Rudolf Diesel, one of history’s greatest inventors, vanished into thin air on the eve of World War I...

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short explores the origins of various customs such as shaking han...

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philip...

This short film shows how the war department utilizes a Ph.D., a chimp, and three dogs to help desig...

Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize hi...

This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian immigran...

This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King...

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of...

This entry in John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" series is about the great moments in the lives of famo...

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

This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham L...

In November 1947 forty-one people died in a massive blaze that gutted the huge Ballantynes Departmen...

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