When thomas jefferson rode on his white horse to independence hall on 4 july 1776.
Declaration of independence movie. Declaration of independence is a 1938 american short drama film directed by crane wilbur it won an academy award at the 11th academy awards in 1939 for best short subject two reel and has been credited as being one of the few films relating to the american revolution to win this award. Declaration of independence was part of warner bros s old glory series which consisted of several short. Directed by crane wilbur. National treasure was released worldwide on november 19 2004.
A historian races to find the legendary templar treasure before a team of mercenaries. Declaration of independence in hand people lined the streets of philadelphia and cheered. This historical featurette focuses on caesar rodney of delaware who cast the deciding vote so that the declaration of independence was adopted in 1776. Whoever can steal the declaration and decode it first will find the greatest treasure in history.
A coded map on the back of the declaration of independence points to the location of the national treasure but gates is not alone in his quest. The film grossed 347 million worldwide.