Telephone Time - Season 1 Episode 16 Grandpa Changes the World
Far more than courtroom drama, this TRUE STORY about how Alexander Hamilton, attorney to William Penn and the only colonial admitted to the English Bar, came out of retirement to defend a printer accused of libelling the Governor by printing the truth in his newspaper about his corrupt activities. The principals established in this case, as so eloquently argued by Hamilton, had a profound influence on the drafting of the Bill of Rights several years latter. ""Gentlemen, with an impartial, uncorrupted verdict we assure ourselves, our posterity, the right, the liberty of speaking and writing the truth."" As author and host, John Nesbitt says at the conclusion of this drama, ""The great footnote to this story, of course, lies in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Old Andrew Hamilton that day in court was not so much defending his client with law that was already in existence, but was actually creating law that would not be clearly written down for generations to
First Air Date: Apr 08, 1956
Last Air date: Apr 01, 1958
Season: 3 Season
Episode: 82 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 6.30/10 by 3.00 users
Popularity: 20.204
Language: English
Keyword : anthology
Episode
The Golden Junkman
Man with a Beard
Captain from Kopenick
Borders Away
The Mystery of Caspar Hauser
The Stepmother
Time Bomb
Emperor Norton's Bridge
The Man Who Believed in Fairy Tales
Harry in Search of Himself
Felix the Fourth
Smith of Ecuador
The Gingerbread Man
Joyful Lunatic
The Key
Grandpa Changes the World
Again the Stars
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