“ DISCOVERY ‘67: THE CONSTITUTION ” AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION FOUNDING FATHERS XD31162

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1967 color installment of an ABC News magazine program for young people hosted by Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson offers an educational look at the American Revolution and the drafting of the United States Constitution, with Gibson appearing in period costume as Sarah “Sally” Franklin Bache (TRT: 20:37). Hosts Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson walk amongst Revolutionary War-era cannons (0:08). Title overlay: “The Constitution.” Discovery ‘67 animated opening sequence (0:36). Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Owen and Gibson walk and talk (1:05). Gibson appears in costume, wearing a period dress and colonial bonnet, portraying Benjamin Franklin’s daughter, Sarah “Sally” Franklin Bache. A portrait of George Washington (1:57). Revolutionary War-era engravings and illustrations in montage (2:55). Gibson appears in a new costume, wearing an apron while she
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