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Benjamin Franklin

Still, he would attendevery session but one

Still, he would attend
every session but one

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Still, he would attend every session but one.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:27:29
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 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
S01 • E01 He had once written that the hardest thing for a man to do - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
He had once written that the hardest thing for a man to do
S01 • E01 But to succeed in doing it is a test of one's humanity. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
But to succeed in doing it is a test of one's humanity.
S01 • E02 Narrator: The convention adopted many provisions - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Narrator: The convention adopted many provisions
S01 • E02 A 2-body legislature, a single executive who could veto laws... - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
A 2-body legislature, a single executive who could veto laws...