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
Silly 1950's propaganda short
Just watched this little short on TMC. It certainly IS a little piece of propaganda and it looks just silly now. Since I was born in 1947, I grew up in the post WWII era in which this idea of patriotism was heavily promoted -- U.S. is greatest country in the history of the world and does no wrong. Any film has to be viewed in the context of its own time. We had just been the victors of the greatest war in the history of the world and most everyone had a son, father, brother, uncle who went to war, many sacrifices were also made at home & veterans had returned home. We were proud and united. The "Red Scare" was swinging into full gear and, of course, the atom bomb hung like a menacing storm cloud in the background of daily living. I agree with most other reviewers -- this makes little attempt to give an accurate historical account and, of course, that wasn't the objective. It's just a little slice of Americana. Rated a 3 not 0 for giving insight into that era.
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- cruhl32
- Oct 30, 2017
Details
- Runtime19 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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