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Benjamin Franklin

Franklin, meanwhile,wrote Congress, asking to be replaced

Franklin, meanwhile,
wrote Congress, asking to be replaced

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Franklin, meanwhile, wrote Congress,
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asking to be replaced.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:07:38
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 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'...
S01 • E02 Thus our unhappy Country would again bleed at every vein - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Thus our unhappy Country would again bleed at every vein
S01 • E01 Franklin warned the general against overconfidence. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Franklin warned the general against overconfidence.
S01 • E02 Cohn: Franklin was extremely discouraged. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Cohn: Franklin was extremely discouraged.
S01 • E01 On July 9, 1755, - Benjamin Franklin 00:19
On July 9, 1755,
S01 • E02 He was working night and day to supply the Americans - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
He was working night and day to supply the Americans
S01 • E02 But the war was dragging on and on and on. - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
But the war was dragging on and on and on.
S01 • E02 So, when, at midnight, a courier came galloping into - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
So, when, at midnight, a courier came galloping into
S01 • E01 Nearly 1,000 of the British were killed or wounded; - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
Nearly 1,000 of the British were killed or wounded;