Movies: John W. Barnes

Follows the Pilgrims from England to Holland and to New England. Discusses the Mayflower compact and the hardships in the New World....

Tells the story of a young Scottish boy and his sheep dog....

One in a series of twelve films in which the great French mime Marcel Marceau performs some works from his repertoire. In his introduction Marceau calls mime the essence of life and suggests that it can reach the soul through silence. In this pantomi...

This film presents aspects of day-to-day life in Venice, a city that is most renowned for its historic sites and large tourist trade. It tells a story about a boy who loses a prized model ship on the waterways of his city....

short from of Series “The Art of silence: pantomimes with Marcel Marceau and his partner Pierre Verry”. Mime makes the invisible visible and the visible invisible. Marceau’s sometimes comical - but always graceful - interpretation of The Painter in ...

John Canaday analyzes the place of art among the humanities as an expression of man's attempt to define what it means to be a human being. Mr. Canaday shows how the masterworks of art and architecture have formed a visual history of man's thought, id...

The story of Captain John Smith....

This Bip pantomime deals with his visit to a skating rink. Featuring Marcel Marceau....

An adaptation of the short story of the same title by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, in which four men who have survived a catastrophic war share memories of their past lives and a civilization which no longer exists. Here, a vintage recording of Debussy'...

Deals with the Old Testament as a collection of literary forms. Combines paintings with narrative sculptures to relate the saga of the creation, the expulsion from Eden, and the murder of Abel...

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between the northern United States (loyal to the Union) and the southern United States (that had seceded from the Union and formed the C...

Explains strategy, movement of forces and important battles of the revolutionary war. Geographical, social and political factors which brought victory....

Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats....

A detailed account of the life and artistic journey of Michelangelo....

Presents man's use and misuse of land throughout the country. Includes conservation measures now in operation and suggests further steps....

Marcel Marceau pantomimes the story of a man who becomes trapped in one of his ‘masks.’...

One in a series of twelve films in which the great French mime Marcel Marceau performs some works from his repertoire. In his introduction he describes this pantomime as having a theme that goes beyond time, an allegory showing a man trying to escape...

The bible from the viewpoint of literature, including a small dramatization of the account of Job....

Documentary concerning Baltimore's efforts at urban renewal with an emphasis on improving housing in the city's slums....

Follows Chaucer's pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, telling stories as they ride. Chaucer's England (1958) Shows some background scenery taken in England. Presents a dramatization of the 'PARDONER'S TALE.'....