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Benjamin Franklin

"The distress it has occasioned is past my description,"she wrote

"The distress it has occasioned is past my description,"
she wrote

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"The distress it has occasioned
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is past my description," she wrote.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:18
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 • E01 Unlike all the other workers, he did not drink - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Unlike all the other workers, he did not drink
S01 • E02 "The commotion the town was in after the battle, bringing in - Benjamin Franklin 00:18
"The commotion the town was in after the battle, bringi...
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: I drank only Water; the other Workmen - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Man as Franklin: I drank only Water; the other Workmen
S01 • E02 12,000 of Boston's 15,000 residents, including Jane, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
12,000 of Boston's 15,000 residents, including Jane,
S01 • E01 Narrator: He spent his free time poring through books, - Benjamin Franklin 00:20
Narrator: He spent his free time poring through books,
S01 • E02 British soldiers then ransacked the nearly empty town. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
British soldiers then ransacked the nearly empty town.
S01 • E02 They would use the pews and pulpit - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
They would use the pews and pulpit
S01 • E02 On June 17th, in the Battle of Bunker Hill, - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
On June 17th, in the Battle of Bunker Hill,
S01 • E01 It's a belief that every problem can be solved - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
It's a belief that every problem can be solved
S01 • E02 At the end of the day, the British had taken - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
At the end of the day, the British had taken
S01 • E01 Narrator: In London, Franklin also seemed - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
Narrator: In London, Franklin also seemed
S01 • E02 Much of Charlestown had been burned by the British - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Much of Charlestown had been burned by the British
S01 • E02 Jane's son, Josiah, fought for the Patriots and died. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Jane's son, Josiah, fought for the Patriots and died.
S01 • E01 In his absence, Deborah married someone else. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
In his absence, Deborah married someone else.
S01 • E02 One of her in-laws died fighting for the British. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
One of her in-laws died fighting for the British.
S01 • E01 But when a Quaker merchant - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
But when a Quaker merchant
S01 • E02 "O how horrible is our situation," she wrote - Benjamin Franklin 00:21
"O how horrible is our situation," she wrote
S01 • E01 During the 12-week voyage, Franklin wrote out a plan - Benjamin Franklin 00:37
During the 12-week voyage, Franklin wrote out a plan
S01 • E02 Man as Franklin: Britain, at the expense - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Man as Franklin: Britain, at the expense
S01 • E02 During the same time 60,000 children have been - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
During the same time 60,000 children have been