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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.
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Franklin and Adams have to share a bedroom in a humorous scene not in the final film.
This bonus scene features Benjamin Franklin House in London, his only surviving residence.
This extended scene from BENJAMIN FRANKLIN includes bonus material not in the final film.
Get an inside look from Ken Burns on the making of Benjamin Franklin.
Franklin’s popular "Poor Richard’s Almanack" offered an enduring brand of American humor.
Franklin’s first published essays were printed under a pseudonym—Silence Dogood.
Franklin’s musical invention, the armonica, became a sensation in Europe.
A visit to a school for Black children challenged Franklin’s racial prejudices.
Enslaved Philadelphia residents worked in businesses and homes, including Franklin’s.