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Benjamin Franklin

Why not take the glassesand have them move and your hand stay still?

Why not take the glasses
and have them move and your hand stay still?

Full Transcript

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Why not take the glasses and have them move
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and your hand stay still?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:26
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 To put down tyranny was something that all - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
To put down tyranny was something that all
S01 • E01 Narrator: He hired a London glassblower to create - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
Narrator: He hired a London glassblower to create
S01 • E02 Narrator: For Native Americans, the treaty was devastating. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Narrator: For Native Americans, the treaty was devastating.
S01 • E01 Cohn: And rather than having your fingers - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Cohn: And rather than having your fingers
S01 • E02 Many Nations had decided that they would be better off by - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
Many Nations had decided that they would be better off by
S01 • E02 Now the United States was claiming - Benjamin Franklin 00:19
Now the United States was claiming
S01 • E01 Narrator: He named his new invention the armonica, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Narrator: He named his new invention the armonica,
S01 • E01 Soon, more of the instruments were being - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
Soon, more of the instruments were being
S01 • E01 What pleased him most was that, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
What pleased him most was that,
S01 • E02 In the summer and fall of 1783, huge balloons suddenly - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
In the summer and fall of 1783, huge balloons suddenly
S01 • E02 Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to see - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to see
S01 • E01 In Austria, Franklin's invention - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
In Austria, Franklin's invention
S01 • E01 Even Mozart and Beethoven - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Even Mozart and Beethoven
S01 • E02 And Franklin is watching this, with his usual spirit of, - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
And Franklin is watching this, with his usual spirit of,
S01 • E01 Cohn: The sound it made was described as - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Cohn: The sound it made was described as
S01 • E02 And a man that was standing next to him, uh, watched all - Benjamin Franklin 00:23
And a man that was standing next to him, uh, watched all
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: I have long been of the opinion - Benjamin Franklin 00:18
Man as Franklin: I have long been of the opinion
S01 • E02 It carried the world's first airmail letter addressed to - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
It carried the world's first airmail letter addressed t...
S01 • E02 It came from his father, William, who was now in London. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
It came from his father, William, who was now in London.
S01 • E02 He had reestablished his relationship with Temple - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
He had reestablished his relationship with Temple