Clues to Adventure(1949)
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.
Movie: Clues to Adventure
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Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Man in Zenger's Shop (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Peter Zenger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fisherman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Townsman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Louis XIV (archive footage) (uncredited)
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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.
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1949-04-11
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