Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.

• Columbia Pictures
• Jack L. Warner Productions
• William Daniels
• Howard Da Silva
• Ken Howard
• Blythe Danner
• Donald Madden
• John Cullum
• David Ford
• Ron Holgate