Feb 18, 1939
11 min
Full-HD

The Story of Alfred Nobel (1939)

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and later established the Nobel Prize.

Category

History Documentary Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Paul Guilfoyle

Alfred Nobel (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

Doctor (uncredited)

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Mother (uncredited)

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