The Book of Acts Series
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Jesus Christ
High Priest
Simon Peter
James the Just
Crippled Man at the Temple
Silas
Agrippa II
Phillip
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The Book of Acts is a 10-part series of short Bible films dramatizing the 28 chapters that comprise the Acts of the Apostles. The series was produced in 1957 by Family Films on behalf of Broadman Films, based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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1957-01-01
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