The Bill Of Rights Of The United States.

Duration: 19 min.

Year Published: 1956

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Explains the principles of the Bill of Rights and shows how the English curbed civil liberties demanded by the Puritans. Presents a court case in early American history involving freedom of the press and pictures events leading up to the signing of the federal Constitution and the drafting of the amendments which became the Bill of Rights.-EB BIRD COMMUNITY j-s 1 I minutes 1321 color Contrasts the communal life of birds in their natural surroundings with the artificial community of bird life in a zoo. Shows the great number and variety of birds on the Midway Islands. Their manner of reproduction and growth, unusual patterns of behavior, and means of survival are illustrated by such birds as the fairy tern, sooty tern, frigate bird, bosun bird, gannet, and the albatross.

Complete Record: THE BILL OF RIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. 19 min., sd., b&w, 16mm. With film guide. © Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.; 28Feb56 in notice: 1955); MP7584.

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)