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Benjamin Franklin

Providing a better conductor might safely divert the charge

Providing a better conductor might safely divert the charge

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Providing a better conductor
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might safely divert the charge.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:35
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 Isaacson: Adams is quite wary of the French, quite Puritanical. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Isaacson: Adams is quite wary of the French, quite Puritanic...
S01 • E01 He then arranged for what he called lightning rods - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
He then arranged for what he called lightning rods
S01 • E02 Adams learned French by memorizing funeral orations, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Adams learned French by memorizing funeral orations,
S01 • E01 The first such devices ever erected in the world. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
The first such devices ever erected in the world.
S01 • E01 Isaacson: Lightning bolts aren't there - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Isaacson: Lightning bolts aren't there
S01 • E02 Franklin knew how to be popular and Adams had no idea - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Franklin knew how to be popular and Adams had no idea
S01 • E01 It's not something you can just - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
It's not something you can just
S01 • E02 In fact, Adams per-perceived popularity - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
In fact, Adams per-perceived popularity
S01 • E01 You have to find practical, scientific solutions - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
You have to find practical, scientific solutions
S01 • E02 Franklin's popularity drives Adams to distraction. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Franklin's popularity drives Adams to distraction.
S01 • E02 He's... he feels he's being... He feels that Franklin is being - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
He's... he feels he's being... He feels that Frank...
S01 • E01 It's one of the most important inventions - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
It's one of the most important inventions
S01 • E01 He believes a good idea - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
He believes a good idea
S01 • E02 He can't stand these celebrations of what he sees - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
He can't stand these celebrations of what he sees
S01 • E01 Narrator: Some religious leaders objected - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Narrator: Some religious leaders objected
S01 • E02 Narrator: Shortly after his arrival, Adams accompanied - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
Narrator: Shortly after his arrival, Adams accompanied
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: Surely the Thunder of Heaven is no more - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
Man as Franklin: Surely the Thunder of Heaven is no more
S01 • E02 He was 83 and in poor health, a month away from dying. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
He was 83 and in poor health, a month away from dying.
S01 • E02 When the crowd demanded that the two great men embrace, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
When the crowd demanded that the two great men embrace,
S01 • E01 Narrator: Scientists in America and Europe - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Narrator: Scientists in America and Europe