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.
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as Narrator (voice)
DeceasedBorn: August 23, 1910
Died: August 10, 1960
Age at death: 49
as Dr. Christiaan Eijkman
DeceasedBorn: July 29, 1911
Died: June 4, 1994
Age at death: 82
as Secretary (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: February 23, 1922
Died: November 20, 2011
Age at death: 89
as Scientist (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: September 27, 1893
Died: November 13, 1969
Age at death: 76