Lowell Thomas

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Highlights and Shadows

Watson crafted a dazzling visual ballet that stands on its own as an aesthetically rewarding and educationally inspiring tour of the massive Kodak factories. Utilizing the multiple exposure imagery he had used to such great effect in The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) and Lot in Sodom (1933), Watson makes tool and die drill presses, assembly lines of camera parts, and the film coating process every bit as expressive and interesting as an MGM historic drama.
Released : 1st-Jan-1938

Patton

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.
Released : 25th-Jan-1970

Along the Rainbow Trail

This 1946 entry in the "Movietone Adventures" series of shorts was in Technicolor when originally released. Narrated by Lowell Thomas, it is a trip from Medicine Hat in southern Utah down the rapids of the San Juan River ending with a view of the Rainbow Bridge, hence the title and the use of Tehnicolor. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.
Released : 15th-Feb-1946

Round & Round & Round & Round

An educational one-reeler for elementary aged children demonstrating the concept of American free-enterprise. The film utilizes wooden toys designed and animated by Goldman, all set to a music box-ish xylophone score by Jam Handy musical director Samuel Benavie and narration by notable commentator Lowell Thomas.
Released : 1st-Jan-1939

Auto-Lite on Parade

Tour of an auto parts and accessories factory climaxing with a stop-motion product parade.
Released : 3rd-Aug-1940

It's a Bird

Charlie, working on a junkjard, always trying to help people in the most impossible ways with junk from his work place, hears from a German professor, that there is a bird, a Belgish Kongo, that eats metal. Charlie sets out on a ridiculous hunting expedition to catch one. With some music - the birds love music - and a strange worm he is able to catch one, but even then the bird offers some even more over-the-top surprises.
Released : 31st-Dec-1930

Killers of the Sea

Captain Wallace Casewell Jr., chief of police of Panama City, Florida, is the star of Killers of the Sea. Appointing himself protector of all Gulf of Mexico gamefish, Capt. Casewell makes it his mission to round up illegal fishing boats and to stave off such natural predators as sharks, whales and octopi. This may well be the only American film in which a school of dolphins are depicted as "the enemy." Beyond its rather ludicrous continuity, the film offers several spectacular underwater scenes, as Casewell battles invading sea life with knife and harpoon. This 49-minute documentary was narrated by Lowell Thomas.
Released : 8th-May-1937

This Is Cinerama

Designed to introduce the then-new widescreen process Cinerama, audiences experience the roller coaster at Rockaways' Playland, the temple dance from Aida, Niagara Falls, a Viennese choir, the canals of Venice, a military tattoo in Edinburgh, a bullfight, and more. The film concludes with a view from the nose of a low-flying B-25 while America the Beautiful plays.
Released : 30th-Sep-1952

Yesterday's Witness

For the first 50 years of film history, the newsreel was a fixture in American movie theaters. From 1911 to 1967, these shorts proved an influential source of information – and misinformation – for generations of American moviegoers. Television news and public affairs programs became a great improvement over the scanty information offered by the newsreels. This documentary offers insight into a medium which has disappeared.
Released : 1st-Nov-1976

Cinerama Adventure

A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into the widescreen era.
Released : 30th-Aug-2002

America Marching On

Hosted by 'Lowell Thomas' this short illustrates the enterprising nature of the American business and its expansion through time.
Released : 23rd-Jan-1937

The Challenge of Ideas

Various celebrities and news-media figures discuss the polarization of politics between the Western Allies of the United States and the Soviet bloc, pointing out the need for vigilance and action to protect democracy in the U.S. and abroad.
Released : 1st-Jan-1961

The Blonde Captive

An expedition is sent into the rugged Australian outback to search for a lost white woman.
Released : 29th-Dec-1931

Africa Speaks!

Explorer Paul Hoefler leads a safari into central Africa and what was then called the Belgian Congo, in the regions inhabited by the Wassara and the famous Ubangi tribes.
Released : 15th-Aug-1930

Search for Paradise

Lowell Thomas travels across Europe and the Middle East on his way to attend the coronation of King Mahendra in Nepal.
Released : 24th-Sep-1957

Amelia Earhart

Biography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous publisher and her disappearance during a flight in 1937.
Released : 25th-Oct-1976

Titans of the Deep

Prominent scientists Dr. William Beebe and Otis Barton, using the Bathyspere invented by Barton, descend several thousand feet to the ocean floor off of the shores of Bermuda to study and film sea creatures seen and filmed at that depth for the first time. A sometimes staged semi-documentary that was often sold and advertised as an exploitation/horror picture.
Released : 28th-Oct-1938

The Legend of Lasseter

The Legend of Lasseter is a 1979 Australian documentary about Lasseter's Reef. Lasseter's Reef refers to the purported discovery, announced by Harold Bell Lasseter in 1929 and 1930, of a fabulously rich gold deposit in a remote and desolate corner of central Australia.
Released : 16th-Aug-1979

Wings over the Andes

An airborne documentary following the Shippee-Johnson expedition into the Andes..
Released : 1st-Jan-1932

Narcotics: A Challenge to Youth

An educational film sponsored and distributed by the Los Angeles-based Narcotic Educational Foundation of America and directed by Gilbert Lasky with financial assistance of the Woman’s Relief Corps targets teachers as well as junior and senior high school students in the war on drugs. Narcotics are classified and effects of opiates, stimulants, and barbiturates are summarized and dramatized
Released : 23rd-Jan-1956

United We Stand

Using newsreel footage, this film reviews world events from the end of World War I to the American entry into World War II and, according to the narration, shows "how, through their disunity, democracies were led, some to destruction and others to the verge of destruction."]
Released : 10th-Jul-1942

The Chicken of Tomorrow

Advances in chicken and egg farming.
Released : 1st-Jan-1948

Ike

Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby.
Released : 3rd-May-1979

I'll Tell the World

This 40-minute short, produced for MacFadden Publications, is basically a plug for the selling power of ads placed in the pages of "Liberty Magazine," a MacFadden publication.
Released : 9th-Mar-1939

The Best of Cinerama

A selection of excerpts from the first Cinerama films.
Released : 25th-Aug-1963

Frontiers of the Future: A Screen Editorial with Lowell Thomas

“Where are tomorrow’s opportunities? What’s ahead in America for you and your children?” asks narrator Lowell Thomas. Looking into the future, Thomas predicts economic revitalization made possible through industrial research. The “frontiers” are emerging fields such as aviation and television broadcasting that will create new opportunities and products for Americans.
Released : 1st-Jan-1937

Highway Mania

Made in 1937, HIGHWAY MANIA is an early driver safety film narrated by Lowell Thomas. It features stunning images of auto accidents, including some that are doubtless stunts from Hollywood films.
Released : 8th-Dec-1937

Inklings

An animator is in the process of creating a series of three drawings of prominent historical figures. As the animator goes about his drawings, a narrator tells some stories about the historical figure in question. The drawings come to life as the narrator tells some anecdotes about the historical figure. As each drawing nears its completion and as the story about that figure nears its end, it becomes more and more apparent who the historical figure in question is.
Released : 8th-Mar-1933

Seeing Green

Inside the electrochemical "brain" of the traffic light.
Released : 12th-Feb-1937

About Faces

State of the American people's teeth during the Great Depression.
Released : 21st-Feb-1941

A Railroad at Work

A documentary on railroads doing their daily tasks created by trhe The Milwaukee Railroad
Released : 1st-Jan-1942

A Great Railroad at Work

A documentary outlining railroad work and the effects on the lives impacted by the iron horse
Released : 1st-Jan-1942

Schlitz on Mount Washington

Schlitz is a tourist in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Ignoring posted warnings which say that you shouldn't climb Mount Washington (the tallest mountain in New England) in bad weather, Schlitz pushes onward up the mountain, briefcase in hand. He gets lost in the snow, becomes entangled in mischief spun by a quirky hermit, and finally ends up skiing down Tuckerman's Ravine at perilous speeds, losing his briefcase several times.
Released : 1st-Jan-1935

The Lost Lake

Shot in gorgeous Cinecolor, an early subtractive two-color process, Lost Lake follows the famed Jesuit priest, geologist, and explorer Father Bernard Rosecrans Hubbard on his trip to discover a lost lake on top of an Alaskan glacier.
Released : 11th-Jan-1946

Propaganda: Engineering Consent

How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and the creation of the engineering of consent; a frightening true story about advertising, lies and charlatans.
Released : 29th-May-2018

Mussolini Speaks

Mussolini Speaks is a 1933 documentary film highlighting the first 10 years of Benito Mussolini’s rule as Prime Minister of Italy. The film, narrated by U.S. radio broadcaster Lowell Thomas, includes footage of the Fascists’ March on Rome, the Lateran Treaty between Italy and The Holy See, engineering projects in Italy and North Africa, and excerpts of speeches by Mussolini.
Released : 10th-Mar-1933

Around the World of Mike Todd

"Around the World with Mike Todd" serves as a summarization of the Todd's career, and his role in producing 'Around the World in 80 Days'. Numerous behind-the-scenes footage from the film.
Released : 8th-Sep-1968

Polaroid Dealer Announcement

Introduces Polaroids marketing campaign for the year 1964, including TV commercials. Produced for dealers.
Released : 1st-Jan-1964

Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #18

A documentary newsreel (in Universal's "Going Places" series) offering an in-depth glimpse into the Universal/Walter Lantz animation studio, featuring narration by legendary newsman Lowell Thomas.
Released : 1st-Mar-1936

The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

Released : 3rd-Dec-1977

The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War

"The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War" is a compilation documentary narrated by Lowell Thomas, illustrating changing attitudes toward the war and its participants, as well as toward the movies themselves. Winner, Gold Medal, 1975 Chicago Film Festival.
Released : 1st-Jan-1975

Red China

A look at what goes on in China.
Released : 1st-Jan-1964

Driven to Kill

Stresses the necessity for the average American driver to realize fully his responsibility when behind the wheel. Illustrates that violations of safe and sane driving rules produce fatal accidents.
Released : 15th-Jul-1948

A Modern Aladdin's Lamp

With Western Electric Vacuum Tubes in the starring roles, this film tells the fascinating story of tube development from the first crude bulbs of Edison and De Forest to the powerful and efficient tubes in use today, and shows the prominent part they play in radio, long-distance telephony, public address systems, sound motion pictures and the phonograph.
Released : 20th-Oct-1940

Men and Machines

This short film produced by the National Association of Manufacturers takes the point of view that mechanization of the workplace, in which workers are replaced by machines, is actually a good thing for both labor and business.
Released : 25th-Nov-1936

Color Harmony

The film discusses the fascinating world of color perception, particularly from the perspective of various creatures, including fish and lobsters. It explains how human eyes function like cameras, focusing light to create images, and describes the roles of rods and cones in vision.
Released : 17th-Nov-1938

TV Credits

The Merv Griffin Show

Self - The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
Released : 1st-Oct-1962

American Suburbia

Host - Witness a fascinating account of a nation's efforts to become progressive and prosperous.
Released : 1st-Jun-2005

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
Released : 11th-Dec-1961

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest - The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
Released : 6th-Jun-1968

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