Declaration of Independence (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Declaration of Independence

| image =

| caption =

| director = Crane Wilbur

| producer = John Nesbitt

| writer = Thomas Jefferson

| screenplay = Charles L. Tedford

| narrator = Charles Frederick Lindsley

| starring = John Litel
Ted Osborne
Rosella Towne

| music = Howard Jackson

| cinematography = W. Howard Greene

| editing = Everett Dodd

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{film date|1938|11|26}}

| runtime = 17 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Declaration of Independence is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Crane Wilbur. The film, which depicts the 1776 adoption by the Second Continental Congress of the Lee Resolution and the United States Declaration of Independence, won an Academy Award at the 11th Academy Awards in 1939 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel),{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1939 |title=The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 10, 2011|work=oscars.org| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093716/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/11th-winners.html| archive-date=July 6, 2011 }}{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300661/Declaration-of-Independence/details |title=New York Times: Declaration of Independence |access-date=May 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108063439/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300661/Declaration-of-Independence/details |archive-date=November 8, 2008 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |date=2008 |url-status=dead }} and has been credited as being one of the few films relating to the American Revolution to win this award.{{cite book|last1=Pencak|first1=William|title=Pennsylvania's Revolution|date=2010|publisher=Penn State University Press|isbn=978-0271035802|pages=342–343|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ASsI_6myd1EC&q=%22Declaration+of+Independence%22+Crane+Wilbur&pg=PA343|access-date=May 20, 2015}}

Declaration of Independence was part of Warner Bros.'s Old Glory series, which consisted of several short films that covered American history.{{cite book|last1=Birdwell|first1=Michael E.|title=Celluloid Soldiers: Warner Bros.'s Campaign Against Nazism|date=2000|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814798713|pages=258, 24, 25, 59|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mB47-g4wVvMC&q=%22Declaration+of+Independence%22+Crane+Wilbur&pg=PA258|access-date=May 20, 2015}}