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
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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
Perfect to Fall Asleep on
This is just plain boring and filled with lies. Yuck!! It is not nice to see but perfect to fall asleep on.
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- mrdonleone
- Mar 8, 2021
Details
- Runtime19 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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