Lowell Thomas

American journalist, news analyst and businessman (1892–1981)

Lowell Jackson Thomas was an American writer, broadcaster, and documentary filmmaker, known as a world traveler. He authored more than fifty non-fiction books, mostly travel narratives and popular biographies of explorers and military men. Between 1930 and the mid-1970s, Thomas appeared regularly on radio and occasionally on television as a travel and news commentator. Until the 1950s, he was a narrator of Movietone newsreels shown in cinemas.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 22 films (1930–1955) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 218 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1930	AFRICA SPEAKS.	Columbia Pictures Corp.	8 reels		B&W
1931	THE BLONDE CAPTIVE.	Herman Gluckman (Lowell Thomas author)	6 reels		B&W
1933	MUSSOLINI SPEAKS.	Columbia Pictures Corp.	7 reels		B&W
1933	THE THRONE OF THE GODS.	Imperial Distributing Corp.	6 reels	16mm	B&W	Sound
1937	KILLERS OF THE SEA ▶	edward-l-alperson	5 reels	16mm		Sound
1938	FOR AULD LANG SYNE ▶	Warner Bros	10 min		B&W
1939	THE BUILDING OF BOYS.	Columbia Pictures Corp.	1 reel	16mm	B&W	Sound
1946	Training You To Train Your Dog (Part 1 of 2) ▶	United Specialists, Inc.		16mm	Color & B&W	sound
1947	Men And Machines.	National Industrial Council	1 reel	16mm	B&W	sound
1948	The Chicken of Tomorrow	Patrick Allen
1953	This Is Cinerama.	Cinerama Productions Corp.	120 min	35mm	Color	sound
1955	Out Of This World.	International Harvester Co.	5 min	16mm	B&W	sound
	Across India to Tibet		12 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
	CARTOONLAND MYSTERIES	Bell & Howell Company	16-sd-rent $1.50	16mm	B&W	Sound
	Guinea gold	Universal	11 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
	Hawaii	Universal	11 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
	In Old Arabia	Universal	10 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
	Island of Mystery	Lowell Thomas	10 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
	Isle of Birds		11 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
	Western Drama—Old and New	Universal	10 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
	Where the Old South Still Lives	Universal	10 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
	Where the West Is Wild	Universal	10 min	16mm	B&W	Sound