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  • Land of Liberty (1939)
  • Approved
    138 min | History
Land of Liberty (1939)
Approved
138 min | History

This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
Director
Writers
Jesse Lasky Jr. (narration) | Jeanie Macpherson (narration)
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Updated Jun 15, 1939

Release date
Jun 15, 1939 (United States)

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124 cast members
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Gayne Whitman
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Erville Alderson
President Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana') (archive footage) President Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana') (archive footage)   See fewer
Don Ameche
Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage) Alexander Graham Bell (archive footage)   See fewer
Heather Angel
Virginia Randolph (edited from 'Daniel Boone') (archive footage) Virginia Randolph (edited from 'Daniel Boone') (archive footage)   See fewer
George Arliss
Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton') (archive footage) Alexander Hamilton (edited from 'Alexander Hamilton') (archive footage)   See fewer
Edward Arnold
Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim') (archive footage) Diamond Jim Brady (edited from 'Diamond Jim') (archive footage)   See fewer
Felix Aylmer
Lord Palmerston (edited from 'Victoria the Great') (archive footage) Lord Palmerston (edited from 'Victoria the Great') (archive footage)   See fewer
George Bancroft
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Binnie Barnes
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John Barrymore
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Lionel Barrymore
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Warner Baxter
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Janet Beecher
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Noah Beery
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Wallace Beery
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Sidney Blackmer
Theodore Roosevelt (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider') (archive footage) Theodore Roosevelt (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider') (archive footage)   See fewer
Eleanor Boardman
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Beulah Bondi
Mary Wilkins (edited from 'Of Human Hearts') (archive footage) Mary Wilkins (edited from 'Of Human Hearts') (archive footage)   See fewer
William Boyd
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Walter Brennan
Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer') (archive footage) Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer') (archive footage)   See fewer
George Brent
Buck Cantrell (edited from 'Jezebel') (archive footage) Buck Cantrell (edited from 'Jezebel') (archive footage)   See fewer
Johnny Mack Brown
Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid') (archive footage) Billy the Kid (edited from 'Billy the Kid') (archive footage)   See fewer
Virginia Bruce
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Bob Burns
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Spring Byington
Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer') (archive footage) Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer') (archive footage)   See fewer
Harry Carey
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Mary Carr
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John Carradine
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Leo Carrillo
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J.J. Clark
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Claudette Colbert
Lana (edited from 'Drums Along the Mohawk') (archive footage) Lana (edited from 'Drums Along the Mohawk') (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Connolly
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Jackie Coogan
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Calvin Coolidge
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Gary Cooper
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Pedro de Cordoba
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Alan Curtis
Brinkerhof (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage) Brinkerhof (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage)   See fewer
Bette Davis
Julie Marsden (archive footage) Julie Marsden (archive footage)   See fewer
The Dead End Kids
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Richard Dix
Yancey Cravat (edited from 'Cimarron') (archive footage) Yancey Cravat (edited from 'Cimarron') (archive footage)   See fewer
Irene Dunne
Sabra Cravat (archive footage) Sabra Cravat (archive footage)   See fewer
Leif Erickson
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Henry Fonda
Preston Dillard (archive footage) Preston Dillard (archive footage)   See fewer
Clark Gable
Blackie Norton (edited from 'San Francisco') (archive footage) Blackie Norton (edited from 'San Francisco') (archive footage)   See fewer
Janet Gaynor
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C. Henry Gordon
Colonel Wiggins (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage) Colonel Wiggins (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage)   See fewer
Bonita Granville
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Sara Haden
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Jonathan Hale
Major General Leonard Wood (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage) Major General Leonard Wood (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage)   See fewer
John Hamilton
Colonel George Mason (edited from 'The Bill of Rights') (archive footage) Colonel George Mason (edited from 'The Bill of Rights') (archive footage)   See fewer
Otis Harlan
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Gordon Hart
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Charles Herzinger
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Earle Hodgins
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Jack Holt
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Frank Hopper
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Walter Huston
Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) Abraham Lincoln (archive footage)   See fewer
John Hyams
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Olaf Hytten
King George III (edited from 'The Bill of Rights') (archive footage) King George III (edited from 'The Bill of Rights') (archive footage)   See fewer
George Irving
Commodore Jordan (edited from 'Hearts in Bondage') (archive footage) Commodore Jordan (edited from 'Hearts in Bondage') (archive footage)   See fewer
Ian Keith
Senator Crawford (edited from 'The Buccaneer') (archive footage) Senator Crawford (edited from 'The Buccaneer') (archive footage)   See fewer
Claude King
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Owen King
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James Kirkwood
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Clarence Kolb
John Butterfield (edited from 'Wells Fargo') (archive footage) John Butterfield (edited from 'Wells Fargo') (archive footage)   See fewer
Eric Linden
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John Litel
Patrick Henry (edited from 'The Bill of Rights') (archive footage) Patrick Henry (edited from 'The Bill of Rights') (archive footage)   See fewer
Lucien Littlefield
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Gene Lockhart
Stephen A. Douglas (edited from 'Abe Lincoln in Illinois') (archive footage) Stephen A. Douglas (edited from 'Abe Lincoln in Illinois') (archive footage)   See fewer
Montagu Love
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Jeanette MacDonald
Mary Blake (edited from 'San Francisco') (archive footage) Mary Blake (edited from 'San Francisco') (archive footage)   See fewer
Fredric March
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Raymond Massey
Abraham Lincoln (edited from 'Abe Lincoln in Illinois') (archive footage) Abraham Lincoln (edited from 'Abe Lincoln in Illinois') (archive footage)   See fewer
Edwin Maxwell
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Joel McCrea
Ramsay MacKay (edited from 'Wells Fargo') (archive footage) Ramsay MacKay (edited from 'Wells Fargo') (archive footage)   See fewer
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln (edited from 'Hearts in Bondage') (archive footage) Abraham Lincoln (edited from 'Hearts in Bondage') (archive footage)   See fewer
Leila McIntyre
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Robert McWade
Admiral Dewey (edited from 'This Is My Affair') (archive footage) Admiral Dewey (edited from 'This Is My Affair') (archive footage)   See fewer
John Miljan
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Robert Montgomery
John O'Hara (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage) John O'Hara (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage)   See fewer
Dickie Moore
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Maurice Moscovitch
Grandpa Hlawek (edited from 'Gateway') (archive footage) Grandpa Hlawek (edited from 'Gateway') (archive footage)   See fewer
Anna Neagle
Queen Victoria (edited from 'Victoria the Great') (archive footage) Queen Victoria (edited from 'Victoria the Great') (archive footage)   See fewer
George O'Brien
Daniel Boone (edited from 'Daniel Boone') (archive footage) Daniel Boone (edited from 'Daniel Boone') (archive footage)   See fewer
Henry O'Neill
Gorgas (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage) Gorgas (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage)   See fewer
Ted Osborne
James Madison (edited from 'The Bill of Rights') (archive footage) James Madison (edited from 'The Bill of Rights') (archive footage)   See fewer
Gale Page
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Gail Patrick
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Elizabeth Patterson
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Irving Pichel
Sumner Gideon Welles (edited from 'Hearts in Bondage') (archive footage) Sumner Gideon Welles (edited from 'Hearts in Bondage') (archive footage)   See fewer
Frank Puglia
Stagamonte (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage) Stagamonte (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage)   See fewer
George Raft
Steve Brodie (edited from 'The Bowery') (archive footage) Steve Brodie (edited from 'The Bowery') (archive footage)   See fewer
Luise Rainer
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Claude Rains
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Basil Rathbone
Marquis St. Evremonde (edited from 'Tale of Two Cities') (archive footage) Marquis St. Evremonde (edited from 'Tale of Two Cities') (archive footage)   See fewer
Addison Richards
James Monroe (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana') (archive footage) James Monroe (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana') (archive footage)   See fewer
Stanley Ridges
Dr. James Carroll (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage) Dr. James Carroll (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage)   See fewer
Julian Rivero
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Paul Robeson
Joe (edited from 'Show Boat') (archive footage) Joe (edited from 'Show Boat') (archive footage)   See fewer
Cesar Romero
Jerry Richardson (edited from 'Diamond Jim') (archive footage) Jerry Richardson (edited from 'Diamond Jim') (archive footage)   See fewer
Mel Ruick
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
Ann Rutherford
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Joseph Schildkraut
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Randolph Scott
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Janet Shaw
Molly Allen (edited from 'Jezebel') (archive footage) Molly Allen (edited from 'Jezebel') (archive footage)   See fewer
Russell Simpson
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Hugh Sothern
General Andrew Jackson (edited from 'The Buccaneer') (archive footage) General Andrew Jackson (edited from 'The Buccaneer') (archive footage)   See fewer
Vernon Steele
Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'The Bill of Rights') (archive footage) Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'The Bill of Rights') (archive footage)   See fewer
James Stewart
Jason Wilkins (edited from 'Of Human Hearts') (archive footage) Jason Wilkins (edited from 'Of Human Hearts') (archive footage)   See fewer
Lewis Stone
Maj. Walter Reed (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage) Maj. Walter Reed (edited from 'Yellow Jack') (archive footage)   See fewer
Harry Stubbs
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Margaret Sullavan
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Akim Tamiroff
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Spencer Tracy
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Theodore von Eltz
William Loeb (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider') (archive footage) William Loeb (edited from 'Teddy the Rough Rider') (archive footage)   See fewer
Anton Walbrook
Prince Albert (edited from 'Victoria the Great') (archive footage) Prince Albert (edited from 'Victoria the Great') (archive footage)   See fewer
Henry B. Walthall
Captain Buchanan (edited from 'Hearts in Bondage') (archive footage) Captain Buchanan (edited from 'Hearts in Bondage') (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Warwick
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Crane Wilbur
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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
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Woodrow Wilson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ian Wolfe
Tallyrand (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana') (archive footage) Tallyrand (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana') (archive footage)   See fewer
Loretta Young
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