Nathaniel Shilkret Movies

This short film takes a look at the tools and methods used to forecast the weather.

This Passing Parade entry looks at several historical "truths" that just aren't so: Steve Brodie never jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge; Mrs. O'Leary's...

Two days in the life of priest Father Fred Stadtmuller whose New Mexico parish is so large he can only spread goodness and light among his flock with...

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...

Compilation of footage from three Frank Buck films about his adventures capturing animals for the world's zoos: "Bring 'Em Back Alive" (1933); "Wild...

This Traveltalk series short visits Los Angeles, California. In one of the highlights of the film, narrator James FitzPatrick visits the Disney...

This FitzPatrick Traveltalks short visits Holland in springtime, going first to the below-sea-level fishing village of Volendam, then to the capital...

This travelogue begins at Bangkok's rail depot, a center of Indo-Chinese commerce. Next the narrator talks about Buddhism as the camera shows us some...

This short uses a musical suite to show Americans what they are fighting for in World War II. As an orchestra in military dress plays different...

A visit to Singapore, an essential port city in Britain's empire, established in 1813 when Raffles negotiated its separation from the independent...

This Carey Wilson Miniature takes a further look at prophecies by 16th century seer Nostradamus.

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 John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short looks at how a few specific inventions made a major contribution to the U.S. war effort.

Nick and Vince, a song writing team, are fired from their jobs at a publishing house when a foreign producer arrives looking for "hot" numbers. Vince...

This Traveltalk visit to Ireland starts with a look at the countryside, with its farms, small villages, and fields with walls and fences built of...

This Traveltalk series short takes a look at Hong Kong.

Directed by MJ Weisfeldt and starring Ranny Weeks and Eva Lorraine is a remake of the lost 1915 Theda Bara film "Two Orphans".

This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United States.

At the 1991 Winkie and Munchkin Conventions, part of the programs was the 1948 Capitol Records audio-only adaptation of “Dorothy and the Wizard...

An elderly Franz Liszt (1811-1886), living in a monastery, recalls his lost, unrequited love on his birthday.