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Date:: 1951
Main contributors:: Edward S. Corwin, Emerson Film Corporation
Summary:: Dramatizes key episodes in the life of this founder of American constititional law; the predisposing experiences of his boyhood, his role in the American Revolution, his career in national politics leading to appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Historical Summary: Characterizes the founder of America constitutional law. Reveals the significant experiences of Marshall's boyhood, and traces his political career. Presets court decisions through which Chief Justice Marshall established the Supreme Court as the highest authority in determining the constitutionality of American legislation.

Date:: 1955
Main contributors:: Elmer Albinson, Harry Webb, Mandelina Oberg
Summary:: Shows 70-year-old Mrs. Mandelina Oberg, a farm wife originally from Sweden, working at her weaving. She tells in her own words how she shears goats, prepares and dyes the wool, and weaves it on her loom. Shows her using her spinning wheel, bobbins, and loom, all handmade of wood.

Date:: 1949
Main contributors:: Emerson Film Corporation, Leon Howard
Summary:: Outlines the literary growth of Irving from his youth to his retirement. Describes the early death of his fiance, his meetings with Sir Walter Scott, his travels in Europe, and his experience as Minister to Spain. Illustrates Irving's place in the development of American literature and mentions many of his books.

Date:: 1949
Main contributors:: Emerson Film Corporation, Robert E. Spiller
Summary:: Outlines the life of Cooper from his expulsion from Yale to his writing and travels in Europe. Presents his life as a merchant seaman, his two years' service in the U.S. Navy and his marriage; then show his wife daring him to write a novel. Emphasizes the influence Cooper's experiences and times had on his literary works, and mentions many of his novels.

Date:: 1955
Main contributors:: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc., Clarence Ver Steeg, John Barnes
Summary:: Follows the career of John Smith, whose influence and leadership contributed to the firm establishment of the first permanent English colony at Jamestown in 1907. Traces the events in England which preceded the colonists' voyage to Virginia, and shows the natural human obstacles faced by Smith in his efforts to launch the settlement.

Date:: 1955
Main contributors:: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc., Leo Gershoy, John T. Bobbitt
Summary:: Presents highlights in the life of Lafayette with emphasis on his service to the United States. Portrays his friendship with Washington and shows the part he played in the Revolutionary War. Reveals how he fought for a constitutional government in France and concludes by telling of his abiding love for America and the honor bestowed on him by this country.

Date:: 1948
Main contributors:: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc.
Summary:: Presents in dramatized form incidents from the life of Christopher Columbus, including his boyhood, his great interest in ships, his many attempts to obtain backing from the kings of Spain and Portugal, the help given him by Queen Isabella, the voyage across the Atlantic, and the discovery and naming of San Salvador. Re-enacts events leading to the discovery of America. Life of Columbus is portrayed from boyhood to the end of his historic voyage.

Date:: 1950
Main contributors:: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, inc., Thomas D. Clark, Emerson Film Corporation
Summary:: Portrays the main events in the life of Daniel Boone. Includes his youth in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, his participation in the French and Indian War, his adventures in exploring and settling Kentucky, his part in the Revolutionary War, and his final settlement in Missouri.

Date:: 1950
Main contributors:: Grace Lee Nute, Emerson Film Corporation
Summary:: Tells the story of the career of La Salle, including his association with Frontenac, his relations with the Indians, his passage down the Mississippi, and his claiming of the valley for France.

Date:: 1951
Main contributors:: Harold F. Williamson, Emerson Film Corporation
Summary:: Reviews the life of Andrew Carnegie from his poverty-stricken youth in Scotland to his leadership in American industry. Depicts his trials and successes in railroading and his development of the iron and steel works which made his huge fortune. Then shows his decision to devote his fortune and energies to philanthropy.

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