Land of Liberty
Top 10 Billed Cast
Narrator
Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana')
Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage)
Virginia Randolph (edited from 'Daniel Boone')
Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton')
Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim')
Lord Palmerston (edited from 'Victoria the Great')
(archive footage)
(archive footage)
(archive footage)
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