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Benjamin Franklin

Just a few daysbefore Franklin was scheduled to appear before the PrivyCouncil in January...

Narrator: Just a few days
before Franklin was scheduled to appear before the Privy
Council in January of 1774, news arrived from America
that changed everything

Full Transcript

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Narrator: Just a few days before Franklin was scheduled
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to appear before the Privy Council in January of 1774,
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news arrived from America that changed everything.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:44:56
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 Before the Revolution, slavery was never a major public issue. - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Before the Revolution, slavery was never a major public issu...
S01 • E02 There were people who spoke, before the Revolution, - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
There were people who spoke, before the Revolution,
S01 • E01 The Sons of Liberty, dressed as Indians, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
The Sons of Liberty, dressed as Indians,
S01 • E02 After the Revolution, there never was a time when it wasn't. - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
After the Revolution, there never was a time when it wasn�...
S01 • E01 Officials in London were still seething - Benjamin Franklin 00:17
Officials in London were still seething
S01 • E02 Man as Franklin: Here is my creed: - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Man as Franklin: Here is my creed:
S01 • E01 To the Privy Council, and the crowd of spectators - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
To the Privy Council, and the crowd of spectators
S01 • E02 That he governs it by his providence. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
That he governs it by his providence.
S01 • E02 That the most acceptable service we render to him - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
That the most acceptable service we render to him
S01 • E02 That the soul of man is immortal and will be treated - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
That the soul of man is immortal and will be treated
S01 • E01 The very kind of provocation he had always counseled against. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
The very kind of provocation he had always counseled against...
S01 • E01 Alexander Wedderburn, the sharp-tongued - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
Alexander Wedderburn, the sharp-tongued
S01 • E02 These I take to be the fundamental principles of all - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
These I take to be the fundamental principles of all
S01 • E02 Narrator: Franklin's worsening health kept him housebound. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Narrator: Franklin's worsening health kept him housebou...
S01 • E01 Man as Wedderburn: Your Lordships will not wonder - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
Man as Wedderburn: Your Lordships will not wonder
S01 • E02 "People who live long, who will drink from the cup - Benjamin Franklin 00:22
"People who live long, who will drink from the cup
S01 • E01 Narrator: Wedderburn spoke for a solid hour, - Benjamin Franklin 00:20
Narrator: Wedderburn spoke for a solid hour,
S01 • E02 He asked his daughter Sally to arrange things so he could - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
He asked his daughter Sally to arrange things so he could
S01 • E01 Throughout it all, Franklin stood stock still, - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Throughout it all, Franklin stood stock still,
S01 • E02 On April 17, 1790, an abscess in his lung burst, - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
On April 17, 1790, an abscess in his lung burst,