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The Magic Alphabet
The Magic Alphabet

THE MAGIC ALPHABET

Directed by Jacques Tourneur
United States, 1942
Short

Synopsis

This 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 1890’s, and led to the discovery of vitamins.

Synopsis

This 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 1890’s, and led to the discovery of vitamins.