The Film That Was Lost
Ratings
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a look is taken at the problems of film preservation efforts in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Cast
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
William Jennings Bryan
Self (archive footage)
Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Thomas A. Edison
Self (archive footage)
King George V of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
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