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The Bill of Rights (1939)

6 | Aug 19, 1939 (US) | Drama, History | 00:21

This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.

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Ted Osborne
James Madison
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Moroni Olsen
Royal Governor Dunmore
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Leonard Mudie
Moreland
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Vernon Steele
Thomas Jefferson
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John Hamilton
Colonel George Mason
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Tom Chatterton
Richard Henry Lee
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Sidney Bracey
Colonist
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Creighton Hale
New York Congressman
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John Harron
Carter

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