A satirical visualization of strange and forgotten, but (at that time) nevertheless still existing laws in the U.S.A.

A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the theater.

Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-end because his boss, who had a bad case of...

This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and was...

After John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland and was discovered hiding in a barn. After he refused to...

During the American Civil War, General Ulysses Grant carries out the 'Tennessee Plan,' which involves stopping the Confederate supply line on the...

The narrator's voice tells of John Dough, who wakes up after a late-night party and prepares to go to work. However, a few interruptions, including...

An elderly Catherine de Medici reflects back on how the prophecies of Nostradamus accurately predicted the fates of her husband, her three sons and...

This short film portrays the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval officer who developed the first maps that charted the...

In Chinese culture, live theater performances are attended by all classes of society. This short shows a performance of "The Rainbow Pass," a tale of...

The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...

Andy wants to buy a new car so he goes into the judge's home office where his father is about to write a $200 check to charity. He asks his dad for...

Author Frank R. Stockton, often asked the question, finally decides to divulge the untold ending of his story, The Lady or the Tiger?

The life of the French seer and some of his selected quatrains are reviewed.

This short follows the early career of actress Jane Barnes. She starts by doing extra work. After several months she is offered a studio contract...

This visit to Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific Ocean shows that life for the residents has changed little in the years since Fletcher Christian...

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

Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry....

This short looks at the possibility that those who have passed on can communicate with us in ways we least expect.

This short presents the possibility that a dead person's spirit can intervene in the lives of the living.

A look at various predictions Nostradamus made, such as the American and French Revolutions.

This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who suffered a living death in order to bring hope...

A look at whether Napoleon Bonaparte indeed died on the island of St. Helena in 1821.

Legends associated with the lost treasures of Incan gold, thought to be located at the bottom of one of the many shafts of what is called the hawk's...

Nostradamus writes a letter to his young son, and his prophecies are compared to events of the French Revolution.

This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the...

This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II.

Documentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing recreational and morale-boosting services for...

A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.

This short film looks at the life of Michel Ney, who fought at Napoleon's side and was made a Marshall of France.

Told on the premise that the United States has always been a refuge from those seeking a reprieve from poverty and bigotry, this Miniature short from...

This short film presents three legends of hidden gold in California's Death Valley.

This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, in California in the 1850s.

This shows the natives of Bikini Island as they were being evacuated and relocated (o.k., dispossessed) from their island prior to the atom bomb...

An American trader disrupts life on a Polynesian island.

Leonardo Da Vinci was seen as a great artist during his lifetime. The same cannot be said for his life as an inventor. His genius as an inventor was...

There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order...

John Jones contemplates how fortunate he and his family are in America, where no wartime bombing occurs.

The Story of United States Air Force support to the Atomic Energy Commission on Continental Atomic Tests.

Documentary footage of late 1950s Russia covers such cities and towns as Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, the Black Sea, Kharkov, Sochi, Sukumi, Gori,...