Forgotten Victory

Dec 9, 1939

0h 11m

★ 0.0

Overview

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of Mark Carleton, a worker for the USDA who travels across the world trying to find wheat that farmers can grow despite various disasters.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

John Nesbitt

Mark Carleton

Donald Douglas

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