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Benjamin Franklin

New squares and new streetsrising up every day to such a prodigy of buildingsthat nothing...

New squares and new streets
rising up every day to such a prodigy of buildings
that nothing in the world does, or ever did, equal it,
except old Rome

Full Transcript

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New squares and new streets rising up every day
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to such a prodigy of buildings that nothing in the world
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does, or ever did, equal it, except old Rome.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:51
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 And he talks in parables and metaphors. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
And he talks in parables and metaphors.
S01 • E01 Narrator: With more than 600,000 residents, - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
Narrator: With more than 600,000 residents,
S01 • E02 Here's Franklin, coming with a worldwide reputation, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Here's Franklin, coming with a worldwide reputation,
S01 • E02 Who is this guy? We don't really know him. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Who is this guy? We don't really know him.
S01 • E01 They viewed Americans as backwards suppliers of raw materials - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
They viewed Americans as backwards suppliers of raw material...
S01 • E02 Narrator: Franklin had traveled more extensively than - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Narrator: Franklin had traveled more extensively than
S01 • E01 Man: Coming out of the Provinces, - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Man: Coming out of the Provinces,
S01 • E01 In England, he was young and impressionable - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
In England, he was young and impressionable
S01 • E02 It was an idea he had proposed more than 2 decades before. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
It was an idea he had proposed more than 2 decades before.
S01 • E02 The delegates unanimously elected him - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
The delegates unanimously elected him
S01 • E01 Narrator: Upon his arrival, Franklin learned too late that - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Narrator: Upon his arrival, Franklin learned too late that
S01 • E02 They assigned him to important committees, creating a system - Benjamin Franklin 00:18
They assigned him to important committees, creating a system
S01 • E01 There were no letters of credit or introduction. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
There were no letters of credit or introduction.
S01 • E01 Once more, he would have to fend for himself. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Once more, he would have to fend for himself.
S01 • E02 Following the battles of Lexington and Concord, - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
Following the battles of Lexington and Concord,
S01 • E01 London had more print shops than all of - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
London had more print shops than all of
S01 • E02 "The distress it has occasioned - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
"The distress it has occasioned
S01 • E01 Unlike all the other workers, he did not drink - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Unlike all the other workers, he did not drink
S01 • E02 "The commotion the town was in after the battle, bringing in - Benjamin Franklin 00:18
"The commotion the town was in after the battle, bringi...
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: I drank only Water; the other Workmen - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Man as Franklin: I drank only Water; the other Workmen