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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221259-01
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1949
Country: USA
Location:
TC Begins: 04:19:31
TC Ends: 04:26:13
Duration: 00:06:42
Benjamin Franklin Pt 2 of 2 Emerson Film Corp. Philadelphia church, streets. Cannons fired & barrels cleaned. Riders thru woods. Frankllin writing w/ quill at desk. Talking to others in wigs. 04:20:13 Tall sailing ship. Franklin announced in France as Commissioner; talks w/ King “We in France, we sympathise with you in your war against England - please assure Congress of my friendship”. 04:21:41 Franklin talking w/ French nobility (SOF). Jefferson succeeds him. 04:22:28 Philadelphia after 8 years in France; Franklin addressing Constitutional Convention. (SOF) 04:24:46 Franklin’s autobiography superimposed over his life scenes. Plaque: ‘American Philosophical Society Founded By Benjamin Franklin 1743’. Inventions - Franklin stove & lightning rod. Shots of things he did: founded first fire company, hospital & University of Pennsylvania. Franklin’s tomb & statues. The End. American History - 18th Century; Colonialism; Revolution;