Lowell Thomas Movies

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...

State of the American people's teeth during the Great Depression.

The film discusses the fascinating world of color perception, particularly from the perspective of various creatures, including fish and lobsters. It...

Advances in chicken and egg farming.

"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...

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...

Made in 1937, HIGHWAY MANIA is an early driver safety film narrated by Lowell Thomas. It features stunning images of auto accidents, including some...

Stresses the necessity for the average American driver to realize fully his responsibility when behind the wheel. Illustrates that violations of safe...

Various celebrities and news-media figures discuss the polarization of politics between the Western Allies of the United States and the Soviet bloc,...

This short film produced by the National Association of Manufacturers takes the point of view that mechanization of the workplace, in which workers...

Hosted by 'Lowell Thomas' this short illustrates the enterprising nature of the American business and its expansion through time.

Tour of an auto parts and accessories factory climaxing with a stop-motion product parade.

Inside the electrochemical "brain" of the traffic light.

Schlitz is a tourist in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Ignoring posted warnings which say that you shouldn't climb Mount Washington (the...

Watson crafted a dazzling visual ballet that stands on its own as an aesthetically rewarding and educationally inspiring tour of the massive Kodak...

Shot in gorgeous Cinecolor, an early subtractive two-color process, Lost Lake follows the famed Jesuit priest, geologist, and explorer Father Bernard...

The Legend of Lasseter is a 1979 Australian documentary about Lasseter's Reef. Lasseter's Reef refers to the purported discovery, announced by Harold...

A documentary on railroads doing their daily tasks created by trhe The Milwaukee Railroad

This 1946 entry in the "Movietone Adventures" series of shorts was in Technicolor when originally released. Narrated by Lowell Thomas, it is a trip...

"The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War" is a compilation documentary narrated by Lowell Thomas, illustrating changing attitudes toward the war and...