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Benjamin Franklin helps craft the Declaration of Independence and wins French support.
After success as a Philadelphia printer Benjamin Franklin earns worldwide fame in science.
Extras
This bonus scene features Benjamin Franklin House in London, his only surviving residence.
Franklin and Adams have to share a bedroom in a humorous scene not in the final film.
Get an inside look from Ken Burns on the making of Benjamin Franklin.
This extended scene from BENJAMIN FRANKLIN includes bonus material not in the final film.
Franklin, the most famous American in London, became the face of American resistance.
Benjamin Franklin arrived in France, hoping to win French support for the Revolution.
Franklin made a pivotal edit to Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence.
A visit to a school for Black children challenged Franklin’s racial prejudices.
Franklin’s musical invention, the armonica, became a sensation in Europe.
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