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Benjamin Franklin

Washington willsurround them." He's utterly making this up

Washington will
surround them." He's utterly making this up

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Washington will surround them."
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He's utterly making this up.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:31
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 And he doesn't, for a moment, in public, drop that mask. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
And he doesn't, for a moment, in public, drop that mask...
S01 • E01 Franklin published some of their anti-slavery tracts... - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Franklin published some of their anti-slavery tracts...
S01 • E01 Though he intentionally kept his own name as printer - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Though he intentionally kept his own name as printer
S01 • E02 Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin also realizes he has to win - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin also realizes he has to win
S01 • E01 Dunbar: Franklin lived in a moment in which slavery was - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Dunbar: Franklin lived in a moment in which slavery was
S01 • E02 He knows that within the French population, there's - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
He knows that within the French population, there's
S01 • E01 He was very aware that this was happening, yet he still - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
He was very aware that this was happening, yet he still
S01 • E02 And he taps into that by being a public diplomat, not just - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
And he taps into that by being a public diplomat, not just
S01 • E02 Narrator: Franklin moved from a hotel in crowded Paris to - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
Narrator: Franklin moved from a hotel in crowded Paris to
S01 • E01 Narrator: Franklin's publishing empire was - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Narrator: Franklin's publishing empire was
S01 • E02 Soon, a lightning rod sprouted from its roof. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Soon, a lightning rod sprouted from its roof.
S01 • E01 He was named clerk of Pennsylvania's - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
He was named clerk of Pennsylvania's
S01 • E02 Franklin sent his grandson Benny to a boarding school - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
Franklin sent his grandson Benny to a boarding school
S01 • E01 He made even more profits printing the paper currency - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
He made even more profits printing the paper currency
S01 • E02 And the steady stream of visitors - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
And the steady stream of visitors
S01 • E01 With former employees, he would establish - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
With former employees, he would establish
S01 • E02 Man as Franklin: You can have no Conception - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Man as Franklin: You can have no Conception
S01 • E02 The Noise of Every Coach now that enters my Court - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
The Noise of Every Coach now that enters my Court
S01 • E02 Narrator: Besides his constant efforts - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Narrator: Besides his constant efforts
S01 • E01 He published Bibles, and Samuel Richardson's - Benjamin Franklin 00:17
He published Bibles, and Samuel Richardson's