Land of Liberty (1939)

9.0/10 138 min History

Overview

This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.

Cast

Gayne Whitman

Narrator

Erville Alderson

Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana')

Don Ameche

Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage)

Heather Angel

Virginia Randolph (edited from 'Daniel Boone')

George Arliss

Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')

Edward Arnold

Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')

Felix Aylmer

Lord Palmerston (edited from 'Victoria the Great')

George Bancroft

(archive footage)

Binnie Barnes

(archive footage)

John Barrymore

(archive footage)

Lionel Barrymore

(archive footage)

Warner Baxter

(archive footage)

Janet Beecher

(archive footage)

Noah Beery

(archive footage)

Wallace Beery

(archive footage)

Sidney Blackmer

Theodore Roosevelt (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider')

Eleanor Boardman

(archive footage)

Beulah Bondi

Mary Wilkins (edited from 'Of Human Hearts')

William Boyd

(archive footage)

Walter Brennan

Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

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