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Benjamin Franklin

"Our present situation makes oneof two things essential to us," George Washingtonwrote to...

"Our present situation makes one
of two things essential to us," George Washington
wrote to Franklin

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"Our present situation makes one of two things essential to us,"
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George Washington wrote to Franklin.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:06:20
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 • E02 "A peace or the most vigorous aid of our allies, - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
"A peace or the most vigorous aid of our allies,
S01 • E01 It gave him an idea. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
It gave him an idea.
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: It would be a very strange thing, - Benjamin Franklin 00:29
Man as Franklin: It would be a very strange thing,
S01 • E02 Man as Lafayette: My dear friend, You have no idea - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Man as Lafayette: My dear friend, You have no idea
S01 • E02 We are naked, shockingly naked, and worse off on that - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
We are naked, shockingly naked, and worse off on that
S01 • E02 For God's sake let us have - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
For God's sake let us have
S01 • E01 Narrator: Franklin urged his fellow delegates - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Narrator: Franklin urged his fellow delegates
S01 • E02 Narrator: In France, managing the purchase - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Narrator: In France, managing the purchase
S01 • E02 Franklin did what he could to speed things up, but some - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Franklin did what he could to speed things up, but some
S01 • E01 He and Thomas Hutchinson, an ally from Massachusetts, - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
He and Thomas Hutchinson, an ally from Massachusetts,
S01 • E02 Vergennes was angered at the news. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Vergennes was angered at the news.
S01 • E01 It proposed a Grand Council for the Colonies, - Benjamin Franklin 00:21
It proposed a Grand Council for the Colonies,
S01 • E02 He approved an outright gift, not a loan, the largest - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
He approved an outright gift, not a loan, the largest
S01 • E02 Franklin, meanwhile, wrote Congress, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Franklin, meanwhile, wrote Congress,
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