Nathaniel Shilkret Movies

Bandleader/singer/songwriter Ted Barry arrives to heaven. The receptionist tells him that before he can take his place in the Hall of Music, a...

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 Yugoslav man, dying after being shot while attempting to help defend his village, writes a letter of encouragement and hope to his unborn child,...

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

This Passing Parade series short examines the origins of three popular Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

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

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

A short film about Mardi Gras in New Orleans from the point of view of those who make Carnival happen.

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...

A crippled boy discovers a wounded bald eagle, nurses it back to health, tames and teaches it to fly. One day, a rattlesnake is about to strike the...

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

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

This Traveltalk short visits Rocky Mountain National Park and a nearby dude ranch in Colorado.

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...

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.

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

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

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...