This black & white educational film from MGM is about the life of Alfred Nobel. Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. He held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous. We now associate Nobel with international prizes for peace, science, and literature, but during his life, he was dubbed the “angel of death” by the press and his explosive success seems to have led to regrets. His varied interests are reflected in the prize he established and which he lay the foundation for in 1895 when he wrote his last will, leaving much of his wealth to the establishment of the Nobel prize: a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances. Copyright 1939.

Opening titles: MGM Presents The Story Of Alfred Nobel (:06-:16). Sweden. Signs read: Swedish Academy of Literature, Alfred Nobel, Swedish Academy of Science, Alfred Nobel, etc. Actor portraying Alfred Nobel sits writing. 1866, Nobel does a chemistry experiment. He uses nitroglycerine (:17-1:27). Nobel tries to combine it with different substances but it isn’t working. He drops some of the nitroglycerine into powder and creates dynamite. A fuse is lit and dynamite explodes. Nobel watches explosions. A train goes into a tunnel. Logs are dynamited. Nobel removes his hat and people shake his hand. Newspaper headlines (1:28-3:08). A medal for Nobel from France. A woman in black, she is mourning, approaches Nobel as he goes down the stairs. Nobel agrees to meet her son at a hospital. He enters and looks around at injured men. The woman hands a medal to Nobel (3:09-5:08). Nobel enters a room to see her son. Nobel hands the medal to the son who is horribly maimed and disfigured. Nobel doesn’t understand why the woman wanted him to see until she explains it was due to war – and due to dynamite. Nobel didn’t create dynamite for war (5:09-6:48). Nobel works on new experiments. Newspaper headlines. Nobel is shocked by all the war. He speaks to people at a dinner. He is having heart problems and he finally collapses. Newspaper headline (6:49-7:58). Nobel is tended by a doctor. He sits by a fire. Nobel closes the window and stands. Nobel turns on a light. Planes in the air, bombs dropped, explosions and fires. Nobel decides to leave his wealth to a good cause, the cause of peace. Planes in the air (7:59-10:11). End credits (10:12-10:23).

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