You Are There The Signing of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) (Season 1, Episode 13)
TV Episode | 30 min | Drama, History

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You Are There

The Signing of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) (Season 1, Episode 13)

TV Episode | 30 min | Drama, History

The task of drafting a declaration of independence that will express the prevailing sentiment of a politically diversified population faces the Continental Congress.

Director

Jack Gage (directed by)

Writer

Mel Goldberg (written by)

Producer

Charles Russell (as Charles W. Russell)

Cinematographer

J. Burgi Contner

Editor

Lora Hays

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Updated Apr 26, 1953

Release date

Apr 26, 1953 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Shepperd Strudwick Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson See fewer	All the King's Men (1949)
Addison Richards Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
Philip Coolidge John Adams John Adams See fewer	North by Northwest (1959)
F. Herrick Herrick Merchant (as Frederick Herrick) Merchant (as Frederick Herrick) See fewer	Obeah (1935)
Frank Aletter Quaker Quaker See fewer	Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Bart Burns Loafer Loafer See fewer	Seven Days in May (1964)
Bruce Williamson Tom Tom See fewer	You Are There (1953)
Eugene Peterson Bill (as Gene Peterson) Bill (as Gene Peterson) See fewer	The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Scott Tennyson Frontiersman Frontiersman See fewer	Shadow of the Cloak (1951)
Tom McDermott Gentleman Gentleman See fewer	Ghostbusters (1984)
John Shay Captain Graydon Captain Graydon See fewer	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Rusty Lane Samuel Adams Samuel Adams See fewer	Johnny Tremain (1957)
Philip Abbott Edward Rutledge Edward Rutledge See fewer	Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Vinton Hayworth John Dickinson John Dickinson See fewer	China Passage (1937)
Francis Bethencourt John Hancock John Hancock See fewer	The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
Harry Marble News Reporter News Reporter See fewer	You Are There (1953)
Ned Calmer News Reporter News Reporter See fewer	In the First Person (1949)
Walter Cronkite Self - Narrated by Self - Narrated by See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)