A panoramic view of American history from the Pilgrims to 1950 utilizing archival footage.A panoramic view of American history from the Pilgrims to 1950 utilizing archival footage.A panoramic view of American history from the Pilgrims to 1950 utilizing archival footage.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Photos
Marvin Miller
- Narrator
- (voice)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
Chester W. Nimitz
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Admiral Nimitz)
George S. Patton
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as General Patton)
George C. Marshall
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as General George Marshall)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as General Eisenhower)
Henry H. Arnold
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as General 'Hap' Arnold)
Douglas MacArthur
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as General Douglas MacArthur)
Harry S. Truman
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as President Truman)
Erville Alderson
- William Seward
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Sidney Blackmer
- Theodore Roosevelt
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Truman Bradley
- Voice Announcing D-Day Invasion
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Douglas Kennedy
- Paratrooper
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
John Litel
- Patrick Henry
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Sr.
- Abraham Lincoln
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Grant Mitchell
- John Quincy Adams
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Addison Richards
- Thomas Jefferson
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
- John Adams
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe DVD version apologizes for any ethnic stereotypes that may appear in the film.
- GoofsThe narration claims that the plane carrying the first atomic bomb took off from Okinawa. This statement is incorrect - it took off from Tinian in the Marianas.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Abraham Lincoln: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Narrator: Upon that proposition, this great land of liberty was founded. And to this day the persecuted, the oppressed, the weary look upon our shores with eyes of hope.
- Crazy creditsCredited narrator Marvin Miller identifies the remaining credited cast members as they appear on screen.
- ConnectionsEdited from Give Me Liberty (1936)
Featured review
This Was Actually nominated for an Oscar
There's nothing terribly original in My Country Tis Of Thee, it's a compilation of newsreel footage and footage from previous Warner Brothers productions and it tells the story of America that a member of today's Tea Party would find admirable. The film was done in the time of the Cold War and something like this could never be produced today. Frankly it's quite mediocre.
But what floored me was that this film got a nomination for Best Short Subject. That says a lot about the times of the Cold War and what was the start of the blacklisting era. My guess is that they were afraid not to nominate this thing. The competition was Beaver Valley a Walt Disney True Life nature film and a documentary of super senior citizen painter Grandma Moses. The Beavers took home the Oscar gold.
I've not seen either of the other films but I'm betting they're far more worthy of Oscar consideration than this was.
But what floored me was that this film got a nomination for Best Short Subject. That says a lot about the times of the Cold War and what was the start of the blacklisting era. My guess is that they were afraid not to nominate this thing. The competition was Beaver Valley a Walt Disney True Life nature film and a documentary of super senior citizen painter Grandma Moses. The Beavers took home the Oscar gold.
I've not seen either of the other films but I'm betting they're far more worthy of Oscar consideration than this was.
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- bkoganbing
- Dec 28, 2011
Details
- Runtime19 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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