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Benjamin Franklin

Printing wasan amazing business if you were both clever with your handsand good at...

Printing was
an amazing business if you were both clever with your hands
and good at thinking

Full Transcript

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Printing was an amazing business if you were
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both clever with your hands and good at thinking.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:29
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 • E01 Printers are setting type upside-down and backward. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Printers are setting type upside-down and backward.
S01 • E01 And you have to be really hyper-literate to understand - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
And you have to be really hyper-literate to understand
S01 • E02 Man as Franklin: Dear Son, - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
Man as Franklin: Dear Son,
S01 • E01 Narrator: Handling the heavy sets of lead type - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Narrator: Handling the heavy sets of lead type
S01 • E01 Having access to books - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Having access to books
S01 • E02 They have extorted many Thousand Pounds from America - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
They have extorted many Thousand Pounds from America
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: Often I sat up in my room - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Man as Franklin: Often I sat up in my room
S01 • E02 Of this Money, they ought to make Restitution. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Of this Money, they ought to make Restitution.
S01 • E02 But you, who are a thorough Courtier, see everything - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
But you, who are a thorough Courtier, see everything
S01 • E01 And all the little money that came into my hands - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
And all the little money that came into my hands
S01 • E02 Narrator: The Franklins were coming to - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
Narrator: The Franklins were coming to
S01 • E01 Woman: Here was a kid who only had - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Woman: Here was a kid who only had
S01 • E01 So, what did he do? He taught himself how to write. - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
So, what did he do? He taught himself how to write.
S01 • E01 Narrator: He composed poetry... Including a ballad - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Narrator: He composed poetry... Including a ballad
S01 • E02 There were always dissenters, sympathizers with America, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
There were always dissenters, sympathizers with America,
S01 • E01 He read articles from "The Spectator," - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
He read articles from "The Spectator,"
S01 • E02 There were people, well-placed within the British Government, - Benjamin Franklin 00:18
There were people, well-placed within the British Government...
S01 • E01 He stayed up late at night and rose early each morning - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
He stayed up late at night and rose early each morning
S01 • E01 "I was," Franklin said, "extremely ambitious." - Benjamin Franklin 00:21
"I was," Franklin said, "extremely ambitious....
S01 • E02 Narrator: Working behind the scenes, - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
Narrator: Working behind the scenes,