A time to grow : the Louisiana Territory
- Date
1953
- Summary
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Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of an episode of the DuPont sponsored Cavalcade of America television series (season 2, episode 6), "A Time to Grow", which aired November 3, 1953 on ABC-TV. This historical drama recreates the circumstances leading up to the 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory by Robert Livingston and James Monroe, American Commissioners to Paris, for 15 million dollars. An offer to purchase the Port of New Orleans from France is opposed by Joseph Bonaparte and Maurice Talleyrand. Napoleon later orders Talleyrand to sell the entire Louisiana Territory. But Talleyrand, in an attempt to prevent the transfer of the territory from French control, sets a price he believed the American Commissioners could not possibly accept.
- Publishers
Teaching Film Custodians; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
- Genres
Educational; Drama; Historical
- Collection
Teaching Film Custodians
- Unit
Indiana University Libraries
- Language
English
- Physical Description
5 Films (1:01:30); 16mm, 35mm
- Notes
Broadcast Date: 1953
- Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003328657; Other: GR00451906; MDPI Barcode: 40000003328657
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.