Report From Philadelphia Part 1 and 2
Date: 1987 Producing Organization: Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc., Public Affairs TelevisionThis two-part report brings to life the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the dramatic and often frustrating process through which the Framers -- men of high principles, complex motives, fierce ambitions, hot tempers, and uneven talents—reasoned and argued a nation into being. Filmed at Independence Hall and filled with historical images and passages from the diaries, letters, and records of the Framers themselves. Bill Moyers chronologically presents the events and issues that shaped the......