Story of Our Flag

Length: 10 Minutes | Produced:1938

The Story of Our Flag is one of the best educational videos ever produced about the history of the American flag. Narrated by Douglas Hamilton who loads up on American flag facts, the film documents the evolution of the American flag from its earliest Colonial incarnation (the original American flag) all the way to the modern flag of the 20th century. The educational resources of this film are wide ranging, since it contains old American flags, early American flags, and all other historical American flags. For example, the Betsy Ross Flag is included but the film abandons the traditional yarn about Betsy Ross supposed involvement and shows the real history of the creation the American flag. The film also addresses who made the American flag, which was the first official American flag, and the meaning of colors in the flag. Using amusing animation and loads of stock footage, as well as still American flag pictures, this film describes how the western territories became states and affected the flags ever-changing design.