My Country 'Tis of Thee

1950 0h 19m EN

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★5.3TMDB · 7

Documentary

Synopsis

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My Country 'Tis of Thee is a 1950 short documentary supervised by Gordon Hollingshead. It is a panoramic view of American history from the coming of the pilgrims all the way through to 1950. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-Reel.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Marvin Miller
Narrator (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gordon Hollingshead
Writers: Owen Crump
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 19-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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76 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Marshall Eyanson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0042768 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gordon Hollingshead directs. Marshall Eyanson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 19-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
276 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Marshall Eyanson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5IMDB entry: tt0042768 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Marshall Eyanson
Runtime: 19 min · 0h 19m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: My Country 'Tis of Thee (1950)

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2026-01-10
★ 5/10
Quite why anyone thought it was necessary, or a good idea, to try to condense a few hundred years of American colonisation into twenty minutes is anyone’s guess, but by cannibalising a few other movies and including a rousing score this has a go. We start with some disillusioned British pilgrims arriving before deciding they wanted to burn their tea and establish their own congrefs. Despite the protestations of the indigenous population, these interlopers spread themselves and their religion in all directions and that works for a while til the confederacy decides it doesn’t care much for Abe’s equality policies and a schism develops. Lots of bloodshed later we find ourselves finding an assassinated Austrian archduke’s death leads to even more and then, of course, there’s Pearl Harbor and Korea and, well you get the drift. As potted histories go, this is actually quite a dry and militaristic one that has no time for the subtleties or nuance of politics or personality. It’s emphasis is obviously designed more for jingoism and very selective factuality and it might be that given the current US attitudes to the “Monroe Doctrine” amongst other elements, it might still be being watched in Washington DC today?

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