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Benjamin Franklin

For God's sake let us have fifteen or twenty thousanduniforms and let it be done in sucha...

For God's sake let us have fifteen or twenty thousand
uniforms and let it be done in such
a way as will insure their timely departure from France

Full Transcript

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For God's sake let us have
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fifteen or twenty thousand uniforms
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and let it be done in such a way as will insure their
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timely departure from France.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:06:53
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 • E02 Narrator: In France, managing the purchase - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Narrator: In France, managing the purchase
S01 • E01 Narrator: Franklin urged his fellow delegates - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Narrator: Franklin urged his fellow delegates
S01 • E02 Franklin did what he could to speed things up, but some - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Franklin did what he could to speed things up, but some
S01 • E01 He and Thomas Hutchinson, an ally from Massachusetts, - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
He and Thomas Hutchinson, an ally from Massachusetts,
S01 • E02 Vergennes was angered at the news. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Vergennes was angered at the news.
S01 • E01 It proposed a Grand Council for the Colonies, - Benjamin Franklin 00:21
It proposed a Grand Council for the Colonies,
S01 • E02 He approved an outright gift, not a loan, the largest - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
He approved an outright gift, not a loan, the largest
S01 • E02 Franklin, meanwhile, wrote Congress, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Franklin, meanwhile, wrote Congress,
S01 • E01 Individual colonies would keep their own authority - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Individual colonies would keep their own authority
S01 • E02 I have been engag'd in publick Affairs, and enjoy'd public - Benjamin Franklin 00:29
I have been engag'd in publick Affairs, and enjoy'...
S01 • E01 In an article in the "Gazette," he attached - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
In an article in the "Gazette," he attached
S01 • E01 At the bottom was a dire warning. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
At the bottom was a dire warning.
S01 • E01 Isaacson: It says, "Join or die." - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Isaacson: It says, "Join or die."
S01 • E01 So, he's the great visionary - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
So, he's the great visionary
S01 • E02 Narrator: On November 19, 1781, a young American merchant - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
Narrator: On November 19, 1781, a young American merchant
S01 • E01 Narrator: On both sides of the Atlantic, - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Narrator: On both sides of the Atlantic,
S01 • E02 Franklin invited him in for dinner, played a Scottish - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
Franklin invited him in for dinner, played a Scottish
S01 • E01 The Assemblies did not adopt it, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
The Assemblies did not adopt it,
S01 • E01 Despite all the failure, and it was - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
Despite all the failure, and it was
S01 • E02 Man as Elkanah Watson: We weighed probabilities, balanc'd - Benjamin Franklin 00:21
Man as Elkanah Watson: We weighed probabilities, balanc'...