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S1·E13 Mightier Than the Sword

Aired March 18, 1953

Synopsis

A pre-Revolutionary War drama. The freedom of the press is upheld through the trial and acquittal of John Peter Zenger, a New York newspaper publisher who was imprisoned for printing the truth about corruption of the British administration.

Story of John Peter Zenger in the famous trial that established American freedom of the press.

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