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Benjamin Franklin

Franklin also electrified a gilt-edged portrait ofKing George Il that created what he...

Franklin also electrified a gilt-edged portrait of
King George Il that created what he called
a high-treason shock if someone touched his crown

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Franklin also electrified
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a gilt-edged portrait of King George Il that created
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what he called a high-treason shock
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if someone touched his crown.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:08
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 He considered it part of his diplomacy and very enjoyable. - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
He considered it part of his diplomacy and very enjoyable.
S01 • E02 He had loved London, but he adored Paris. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
He had loved London, but he adored Paris.
S01 • E01 He used a more powerful shock to kill a turkey and reported - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
He used a more powerful shock to kill a turkey and reported
S01 • E02 In France, you can flirt at a very high level - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
In France, you can flirt at a very high level
S01 • E01 Isaacson: He kept saying, "We have to find useful things - Benjamin Franklin 00:29
Isaacson: He kept saying, "We have to find useful thing...
S01 • E02 It's more about, nuance and just the right touch - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
It's more about, nuance and just the right touch
S01 • E02 He found personal happiness in France that he had never found - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
He found personal happiness in France that he had never foun...
S01 • E02 Schiff: I don't think you can find anyone, anyone except his - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Schiff: I don't think you can find anyone, anyone excep...
S01 • E02 Franklin is everywhere adored and everywhere cossetted - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Franklin is everywhere adored and everywhere cossetted
S01 • E01 It had two charges, he wrote, - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
It had two charges, he wrote,
S01 • E02 Every word that drops from his lips, they think is a gem. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Every word that drops from his lips, they think is a gem.
S01 • E02 And Franklin just adores the fact that these women are - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
And Franklin just adores the fact that these women are
S01 • E01 He grouped a collection of glass containers together, - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
He grouped a collection of glass containers together,
S01 • E02 Narrator: Franklin became particularly enchanted - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Narrator: Franklin became particularly enchanted
S01 • E02 She was beautiful and well- educated and, at age 33, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
She was beautiful and well- educated and, at age 33,
S01 • E01 Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin comes up with the most - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin comes up with the most
S01 • E02 He went to her home twice a week for tea and music; - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
He went to her home twice a week for tea and music;
S01 • E01 And it flows from positive to negative. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
And it flows from positive to negative.
S01 • E01 Narrator: But pure science had less appeal to Franklin - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Narrator: But pure science had less appeal to Franklin
S01 • E02 Isaacson: I think that Franklin's relationships - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Isaacson: I think that Franklin's relationships