The Bill of Rights

Overview

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.

Release Date

19 August 1939

21 minutes

Director

Main Cast

James Madison
Royal Governor Dunmore
Thomas Jefferson
Colonel George Mason
Richard Henry Lee
New York Congressman
King George III