Lowell Thomas Movies

  • 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
  • 1940
    America Looks Ahead

    America Looks Ahead

    America Looks Ahead

    01940HD

    Lowell Thomas narrates a look at progress in American history.

    America Looks Ahead
  • 1938
    Color Harmony

    Color Harmony

    Color Harmony

    01938HD

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

    Color Harmony
  • 1936
    Men and Machines

    Men and Machines

    Men and Machines

    01936HD

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

    Men and Machines
  • 1940
    A Modern Aladdin's Lamp

    A Modern Aladdin's Lamp

    A Modern Aladdin's Lamp

    01940HD

    With Western Electric Vacuum Tubes in the starring roles, this film tells the fascinating story of tube development from the first crude bulbs of...

    A Modern Aladdin's Lamp
  • 1937
    Frontiers of the Future: A Screen Editorial with Lowell Thomas

    Frontiers of the Future: A Screen Editorial with Lowell Thomas

    Frontiers of the Future: A Screen Editorial with Lowell Thomas

    01937HD

    “Where are tomorrow’s opportunities? What’s ahead in America for you and your children?” asks narrator Lowell Thomas. Looking...

    Frontiers of the Future: A Screen Editorial with Lowell Thomas
  • 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
  • 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...

    Round & Round & Round & Round
  • 1939
    I'll Tell the World

    I'll Tell the World

    I'll Tell the World

    01939HD

    This 40-minute short, produced for MacFadden Publications, is basically a plug for the selling power of ads placed in the pages of "Liberty...

    I'll Tell the World
  • 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
  • 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...

    Highlights and Shadows
  • 1948
    Driven to Kill

    Driven to Kill

    Driven to Kill

    01948HD

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

    Driven to Kill
  • 1964
    Red China

    Red China

    Red China

    01964HD

    A look at what goes on in China.

    Red China
  • 1977
    The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

    The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

    The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

    01977HD

    The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
  • 1936
    Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #18

    Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #18

    Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #18

    01936HD

    A documentary newsreel (in Universal's "Going Places" series) offering an in-depth glimpse into the Universal/Walter Lantz animation studio,...

    Going Places with Lowell Thomas, #18
  • 1964
    Polaroid Dealer Announcement

    Polaroid Dealer Announcement

    Polaroid Dealer Announcement

    01964HD

    Introduces Polaroids marketing campaign for the year 1964, including TV commercials. Produced for dealers.

    Polaroid Dealer Announcement
  • 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...

    Yesterday's Witness
  • 1946
    The Lost Lake

    The Lost Lake

    The Lost Lake

    01946HD

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

    The Lost Lake
  • 1935
    Schlitz on Mount Washington

    Schlitz on Mount Washington

    Schlitz on Mount Washington

    01935HD

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

    Schlitz on Mount Washington
  • 1954
    Out of This World

    Out of This World

    Out of This World

    01954HD

    Filmed in 1949 when Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas Jr. took a journey to Tibet before the Chinese had moved in. It shows Tibet as it was then and,...

    Out of This World