Clues to Adventure (1949)

04/11/1949 (US) • 11m

Drama, History

Overview

This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and prohibition of the infliction of cruel and unusual punishments - in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights.

Top Billed Cast

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Mary Gordon

Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Hubbard

Man in Zenger's Shop (archive footage) (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

John Peter Zenger (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Fisherman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mary McLeod

Mary, Queen of Scots (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Townsman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leonard Penn

Louis XIV (archive footage) (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

freedom of speech

civil rights

press freedom

usa history

short film

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