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Every week, Bancroft wrote seemingly personal letters
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Benjamin Franklin

Every week, Bancroft wroteseemingly personal letters and then, in invisible ink,provided...

Every week, Bancroft wrote
seemingly personal letters and then, in invisible ink,
provided his clandestine reports in the margins

Full Transcript

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Every week, Bancroft wrote seemingly personal letters
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and then, in invisible ink, provided his clandestine
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reports in the margins.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:38
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Florentine Films

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Movie Summary

Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
S01 • E01 A countryman between two lawyers - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
A countryman between two lawyers
S01 • E02 Each Tuesday night, he dropped them into the hollow of a tree - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Each Tuesday night, he dropped them into the hollow of a tre...
S01 • E01 The greatest monarch on the proudest throne, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
The greatest monarch on the proudest throne,
S01 • E02 For his work as a secret agent, England paid him - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
For his work as a secret agent, England paid him
S01 • E01 Schiff: Franklin is endlessly quotable. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Schiff: Franklin is endlessly quotable.
S01 • E01 You could live your life, I think, in Franklin aphorisms, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
You could live your life, I think, in Franklin aphorisms,
S01 • E02 His double-dealing would not come to light - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
His double-dealing would not come to light
S01 • E01 "Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead." - Benjamin Franklin 00:19
"Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead."...
S01 • E02 Schiff: Franklin is encircled - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Schiff: Franklin is encircled
S01 • E02 A set of French spies, who are, themselves, - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
A set of French spies, who are, themselves,
S01 • E02 And every piece of paper that, essentially, moves off - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
And every piece of paper that, essentially, moves off
S01 • E01 This new style of humor where people are poking fun - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
This new style of humor where people are poking fun
S01 • E02 Franklin was no fool. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Franklin was no fool.
S01 • E01 You see it in Mark Twain and Will Rogers and others. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
You see it in Mark Twain and Will Rogers and others.
S01 • E02 He knew the spying that was going on was to America's - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
He knew the spying that was going on was to America's
S01 • E02 I mean, he just sat there and let it happen. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
I mean, he just sat there and let it happen.
S01 • E02 Narrator: On December 4, 1777, a messenger rode into - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
Narrator: On December 4, 1777, a messenger rode into
S01 • E01 He considered himself prosperous enough to retire - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
He considered himself prosperous enough to retire
S01 • E02 After two battles near Saratoga, New York, - Benjamin Franklin 00:20
After two battles near Saratoga, New York,
S01 • E01 "I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully, '" - Benjamin Franklin 00:43
"I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully, ...