18 Feb 1939
The Story of Alfred Nobel
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and later established the Nobel Prize.
Glory Enough For All
Glory Enough for All is the 1988 television movie depicting the discovery and isolation of insulin at the University of Toronto by Frederick Banting and Charles Herbert Best. It won the 1989 Gemini award for best miniseries.
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R.H. Thomson Dr Frederick Banting
Robert Wisden Charles Best
John Woodvine Dr. John MacLeod
Rachel Blanchard Melanie
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