Lowell Thomas Movies

  • 1938
    Highlights and Shadows

    Highlights and Shadows

    Highlights and Shadows

    01938HD

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

    Highlights and Shadows
  • 1970
    Patton

    Patton

    Patton

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    "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 p...

    Patton
  • 1946
    Along the Rainbow Trail

    Along the Rainbow Trail

    Along the Rainbow Trail

    01946HD

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

    Along the Rainbow Trail
  • 1939
    Round & Round & Round & Round

    Round & Round & Round & Round

    Round & Round & Round & Round

    01939HD

    An educational one-reeler for elementary aged children demonstrating the concept of American free-enterprise. The film utilizes wooden toys designed a...

    Round & Round & Round & Round
  • 1940
    Auto-Lite on Parade

    Auto-Lite on Parade

    Auto-Lite on Parade

    01940HD

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

    Auto-Lite on Parade
  • 1930
    It's a Bird

    It's a Bird

    It's a Bird

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    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,...

    It's a Bird
  • 1937
    Killers of the Sea

    Killers of the Sea

    Killers of the Sea

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    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...

    Killers of the Sea
  • 1952
    This Is Cinerama

    This Is Cinerama

    This Is Cinerama

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    Designed to introduce the then-new widescreen process Cinerama, audiences experience the roller coaster at Rockaways' Playland, the temple dance from...

    This Is Cinerama
  • 1976
    Yesterday's Witness

    Yesterday's Witness

    Yesterday's Witness

    01976HD

    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 s...

    Yesterday's Witness
  • 2002
    Cinerama Adventure

    Cinerama Adventure

    Cinerama Adventure

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    A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into...

    Cinerama Adventure
  • 1937
    America Marching On

    America Marching On

    America Marching On

    01937HD

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

    America Marching On
  • 1961
    The Challenge of Ideas

    The Challenge of Ideas

    The Challenge of Ideas

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

    The Challenge of Ideas
  • 1931
    The Blonde Captive

    The Blonde Captive

    The Blonde Captive

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    An expedition is sent into the rugged Australian outback to search for a lost white woman.

    The Blonde Captive
  • 1930
    Africa Speaks!

    Africa Speaks!

    Africa Speaks!

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    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 f...

    Africa Speaks!
  • 1957
    Search for Paradise

    Search for Paradise

    Search for Paradise

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    Lowell Thomas travels across Europe and the Middle East on his way to attend the coronation of King Mahendra in Nepal.

    Search for Paradise
  • 1976
    Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart

    01976HD

    Biography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous publisher and her disappearance during a flight in...

    Amelia Earhart
  • 1938
    Titans of the Deep

    Titans of the Deep

    Titans of the Deep

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    Prominent scientists Dr. William Beebe and Otis Barton, using the Bathyspere invented by Barton, descend several thousand feet to the ocean floor off...

    Titans of the Deep
  • 1979
    The Legend of Lasseter

    The Legend of Lasseter

    The Legend of Lasseter

    01979HD

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

    The Legend of Lasseter
  • 1932
    Wings over the Andes

    Wings over the Andes

    Wings over the Andes

    01932HD

    An airborne documentary following the Shippee-Johnson expedition into the Andes..

    Wings over the Andes
  • 1956
    Narcotics: A Challenge to Youth

    Narcotics: A Challenge to Youth

    Narcotics: A Challenge to Youth

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    An educational film sponsored and distributed by the Los Angeles-based Narcotic Educational Foundation of America and directed by Gilbert Lasky with f...

    Narcotics: A Challenge to Youth