Tom Schuler: Cobbler Statesman

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Status

Released

Production

Sketchbook Film Productions

Aired

1953-12-18

Tom Schuler: Cobbler Statesman

This animated Cold War film commissioned by the U.S. Information Service tells the story of a cobbler who gradually becomes interested in politics due to business challenges in the 1780s. He becomes a supporter of the new U.S. Constitution, then a delegate to his state ratifying convention. The film sketches the reasons for the Constitutional Convention, the debates in Philadelphia, and the structure of the federal government. It was created for foreign audiences.