A Dispatch from Reuters
Oct 19 1940
•2h 30m
•Drama, History
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Cast
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Edward G. Robinson
Paul Julius Reuter
Edna Best
Ida Magnus Reuter
Eddie Albert
Max Wagner
Albert Bassermann
Franz Geller
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