Videos

Watch these videos in the Independence Visitor Center, or at home. The 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