Videos

These videos provide an excellent introduction to the park's sites and stories. Start with the orientation film, or begin your journey with one of the topics below.

 

Duration:

4 minutes, 13 seconds

Experience History!

 

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  Birthplace of Freedom: A Tour of Independence Hall

  Let this film guide you through the building where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were debated and signed.

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 31 seconds

 

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  Then and Now

  Explore the story of preservation as changes to the landscape and buildings unfold over 250 years.

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 52 seconds

 

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  The Fugitive Slave Hearings

  Discover how people accused of being fugitives from slavery were held for hearings on the second floor of Independence Hall.

  Duration:

  4 minutes, 15 seconds

 

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  Peale's Museum

  Learn about Charles Willson Peale's Philadelphia Museum, once located on the second floor of Independence Hall in the early 1800s.

  Duration:

  4 minutes, 12 seconds

 

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  Testing a Constitution: A Tour of Congress Hall

  Explore the home to the U.S. Congress from 1790 to 1800, when Philadelphia served as the temporary capital of the United States.

  Duration:

  7 minutes, 12 seconds

 

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  Women of Suffrage: Frances E.W. Harper

  Learn about the women's suffrage movement through the eyes of Frances E.W. Harper, who fought for racial and gender equality.

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 20 seconds

 

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  Women of Suffrage: Lucretia Mott

  Learn from suffragist and abolitionist Lucretia Mott about the fight for women's right to vote.

  Duration:

  2 minutes, 51 seconds

 

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  James Forten

  Discover what "all men created equal" means to James Forten, a free African American abolitionist and wealthy Philadelphia business man.

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 37 seconds