The Declaration of Independence
HistoryDrama
6.3/10
|US
|en
|17 min
Release Date: 1938-11-26
Overview - This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
Production Companies
Warner Bros. PicturesThe Vitaphone Corporation
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
5/10
With the slightly incongruous strains of “God Save The King” accompanying this short feature, it offers us a zealous and simplistic, “Janet and John” guide to those brave men who decided to separate from the mother country and set out on their road to freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It’s the sort of film you might show to young children to excite their interest in history, or dressi...
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