The Declaration of Independence

Duration: 17 min

Release date: 1938-11-26

IMDB

This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

History Drama

The Declaration of Independence

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as Thomas Jefferson

as Caesar Rodney

as Betsy Kramer

as Thomas Lynch Jr.

as Edward Rutledge

as The Innkeeper (uncredited)

as Congress Clerk (uncredited)

as Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)

as Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)

as John Hancock (uncredited)

as Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)

as Thomas McKean (uncredited)

Charles Frederick Lindsley

Charles Frederick Lindsley

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

as John Dickinson (uncredited)

William Orlamond

William Orlamond

as Matthew Kramer (uncredited)

as Ratification Meeting Member (uncredited)

as John Adams (uncredited)

as George Reed (uncredited)

as Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)

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Charles L. Tedford

Charles L. Tedford

W. Howard Greene

W. Howard Greene

Director of Photography

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