This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and prohibition of the infliction of cruel and unusual punishments - in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights.

John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)

Mary Gordon
Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Hubbard
Man in Zenger's Shop (archive footage) (uncredited)

Victor Kilian
John Peter Zenger (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Mark
Fisherman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary McLeod
Mary, Queen of Scots (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie
Townsman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Leonard Penn
Louis XIV (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Mule
The Mule

Shutterspeed
Shutterspeed

A Family Affair
A Family Affair

Blossom Graduation
Blossom Graduation

Flood
Flood
Here Now
Here Now

A Summer Solstice Story
A Summer Solstice Story

The Difference Between Pipi & Pūpū
The Difference Between Pipi & Pūpū

Melting Man
Melting Man

The Yellow Island
The Yellow Island

The Things They Left Behind
The Things They Left Behind

Adjustment
Adjustment