American Flag: The Story Of Old Glory, The (Second Edition)

Duration: 14

Year Published: 1960

Creator: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA EDUC. (FILM

Format: 16mm

Description: Shows the history of the development of the American Flag from the introduction of foreign flags on American soil through the gradual evolution of the fifty-star American Flag. Illustrates that each state designed and used its own flag until a need was felt for one flag which stood for the United States as a whole. Uses animated maps to depict the growth of the Flag as new states were admitted to the Union. Presents a dramatizied sequence illustrating the circumstances surrounding the writing of the {Star Spangled Banner} and concludes with a short review of the growth of the American Flag against a background of patriotic music.

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