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Witnessing History has produced an important documentary on Henry Clay, "Henry Clay and the Struggle for the Union." The film focuses on how Clay stalled the Civil War for over 4 decades as settlers moved westward while expanding slavery . The visual canvas of the documentary is painted with extraordinary works of period art and rarely seen photographs. According to Witnessing History's website:
“Nearly twenty art museums and historical societies from all across the Country, including the National Portrait Gallery, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, The U.S. Capitol Historical Society, Washington DC, The Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate, Lexington, The Hermitage, The Home of Andrew Jackson, Nashville and the City of Boston have contributed illustrations from their collections. Scenes portraying Henry Clay at Ashland and in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate with his colleagues, performed by professional actors, were filmed and appear throughout the documentary. Henry Clay and the Struggle for the Union is the first documentary ever produced on Henry Clay and the Compromises of 1820, 1833 and 1850.”
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