To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
Prisoners from the Walnut Street Jail, they have to
Please log in to add to collections.
Benjamin Franklin

Prisoners from the WalnutStreet Jail, they have to carry him from his home onMarket Street...

Prisoners from the Walnut
Street Jail, they have to carry him from his home on
Market Street for the 2 or 3 blocks to get to what is
now called Independence Hall

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.663
Prisoners from the Walnut Street Jail, they have to
00:00:03.702 --> 00:00:06.399
carry him from his home on Market Street
00:00:06.438 --> 00:00:07.929
for the 2 or 3 blocks
00:00:07.973 --> 00:00:11.603
to get to what is now called Independence Hall.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:27:12
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Florentine Films

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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 It gave me a great deal of Pleasure, and I shall send - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
It gave me a great deal of Pleasure, and I shall send
S01 • E02 Narrator: Franklin was 81, nearly crippled by gout - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Narrator: Franklin was 81, nearly crippled by gout
S01 • E01 Narrator: Deborah Franklin had enrolled Othello, - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Narrator: Deborah Franklin had enrolled Othello,
S01 • E02 Still, he would attend every session but one. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Still, he would attend every session but one.
S01 • E02 From the start, it was clear that the 55 delegates did not - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
From the start, it was clear that the 55 delegates did not
S01 • E01 At Deborah's urging, her husband - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
At Deborah's urging, her husband
S01 • E02 Franklin favored a single-body Congress and a 3-member - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Franklin favored a single-body Congress and a 3-member
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: I was on the whole much pleas'd, - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
Man as Franklin: I was on the whole much pleas'd,
S01 • E02 Virginians proposed 2 legislative bodies... - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Virginians proposed 2 legislative bodies...
S01 • E02 A House of Representatives - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
A House of Representatives
S01 • E01 Their Apprehension seems as quick, their Memory as strong, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Their Apprehension seems as quick, their Memory as strong,
S01 • E02 Alexander Hamilton of New York thought the president should - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Alexander Hamilton of New York thought the president should
S01 • E01 You will wonder perhaps that I should ever doubt it, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
You will wonder perhaps that I should ever doubt it,
S01 • E02 Fierce debates on all the issues raged for days - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Fierce debates on all the issues raged for days
S01 • E01 Cohn: I think a major turning point in Franklin's life - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Cohn: I think a major turning point in Franklin's life
S01 • E02 Man as Franklin: We must not expect - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
Man as Franklin: We must not expect
S01 • E01 He did not like Black people when he was a young man. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
He did not like Black people when he was a young man.
S01 • E02 We are making experiments in politics. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
We are making experiments in politics.
S01 • E01 It's very distasteful to say, but it's true. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
It's very distasteful to say, but it's true.
S01 • E02 The players of our game are so many, their ideas - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
The players of our game are so many, their ideas