# The Constitution and Censorship

Shows the relationship of the Constitution to the issue of prior restraint on freedom of expression. Presents the case of Burstyn v. Wilson challenging the constitutionality of New York State's film censorship system and Cantwell v. Connecticut involving questions of freedom of speech and religion. Discusses the questions pertaining to freedom of speech when multiplied via recordings or film, and how the claims of free expression can be weighed against claims for local, state, or federal protection

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1959
- By: Columbia University. Press. Center for Mass Communication, National Educational Television Film Service
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/theconstitutionandcensorship)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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