DRAWINGS.
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS ARE USED TO DEPICT THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WROTE THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER AND TO RECORD HIGHLIGHTS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR FLAG FROM THE 15 STAR FLAG OF 1814 TO THE 50 STAR FLAG OF TODAY. THE WORDS AND MUSIC OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM ARE PRESENTED AGAINST AN ILLUSTRATIVE BACKGROUND. NARRATION BY ARTHUR GODFREY. AMERICAN HISTORY. AMERICAN FLAG. ANIMATED FIREWORKS. BOMBS.
LIVE ACTION FOOTAGE.
LIVE FIREWORKS. FLAG AT NIGHT. FLAG AT OLD FORT. CANNONS. SHEET MUSIC. HISTORICAL RECREATION, REVOLUTIONARY WAR. MILITARY. HISTORY OF FLAG. MORE AND MORE STARS ADDED. CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS. WESTERN EXPANSION. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. WOLDIERS. WWI DOUGHBOYS. HISTORY OF MILITARY UNIFORMS. WWII SOLDIERS. MODERN AMERICAN CADETS. OLD GLORY. MARCHING WITH STATE FLAGS. ORIGINAL FLAG ON DISPLAY IN THE SMITHSONIAN. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT.
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