This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman, who searched for a cure for beri-beri on the island of Java in the 1890s, led to the discovery of vitamins.
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Stephen McNally
Dr. Christiaan Eijkman
Dorothy Morris
Secretary (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Scientist (uncredited)
Stargirl
Miracles from Heaven
Extraordinary Measures
Skater Girl
Return
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
Dog Gone
The Fugitive Kind
The Secret: Dare to Dream
I Believe
Peter Ibbetson
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Flicka
I Can't Think Straight
Mermaids
Bookworm
The Truth About Emanuel
Where the Red Fern Grows
A Dog's Purpose
Mansfield Park