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Benjamin Franklin

Franklin sent his grandsonBenny to a boarding school in Switzerland and assignedTemple to...

Franklin sent his grandson
Benny to a boarding school in Switzerland and assigned
Temple to help with the diplomatic paperwork...
There were mountains of it

Full Transcript

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Franklin sent his grandson Benny to a boarding school
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in Switzerland and assigned Temple to help with
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the diplomatic paperwork... There were mountains of it...
Duration
12 seconds
Views
67
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:23
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 He made even more profits printing the paper currency - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
He made even more profits printing the paper currency
S01 • E02 And the steady stream of visitors - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
And the steady stream of visitors
S01 • E01 With former employees, he would establish - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
With former employees, he would establish
S01 • E02 Man as Franklin: You can have no Conception - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Man as Franklin: You can have no Conception
S01 • E02 The Noise of Every Coach now that enters my Court - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
The Noise of Every Coach now that enters my Court
S01 • E02 Narrator: Besides his constant efforts - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Narrator: Besides his constant efforts
S01 • E01 He published Bibles, and Samuel Richardson's - Benjamin Franklin 00:17
He published Bibles, and Samuel Richardson's
S01 • E02 Man as Franklin: Frequently if a Man has - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Man as Franklin: Frequently if a Man has
S01 • E01 In 1737, he was appointed Philadelphia's postmaster, - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
In 1737, he was appointed Philadelphia's postmaster,
S01 • E01 One of the advantages of being a printer is that - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
One of the advantages of being a printer is that
S01 • E02 Narrator: They came from every corner of Europe. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Narrator: They came from every corner of Europe.
S01 • E02 All of them, regardless of their talents and experience, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
All of them, regardless of their talents and experience,
S01 • E01 He's totally tuned into everything that's - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
He's totally tuned into everything that's
S01 • E01 His vision is broader than most of his neighbors. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
His vision is broader than most of his neighbors.
S01 • E02 General Washington finally begged Franklin not to send - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
General Washington finally begged Franklin not to send
S01 • E01 He had a kind of public opinion embedded in his brain. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
He had a kind of public opinion embedded in his brain.
S01 • E01 And he knew that opinion in the end was what would - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
And he knew that opinion in the end was what would
S01 • E02 But 3 of the men Franklin recommended would - Benjamin Franklin 00:21
But 3 of the men Franklin recommended would
S01 • E01 Narrator: By now, thousands of readers - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
Narrator: By now, thousands of readers
S01 • E02 Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben would develop a system - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben would develop a system