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Ken Burns: Benjamin Franklin. Episode 2, An American (1775-1790)
Title
Ken Burns: Benjamin Franklin. Episode 2, An American (1775-1790).
Publication
PBS, 2022.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (113 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Title from title frames.
Film
Originally produced by PBS in 2022.
In English
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Benjamin Franklin leaves London and returns to wartime Philadelphia where he joins Congress and helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence. In Paris, he wins French support for the American Revolution then negotiates a peace treaty with Britain. He spends his last years in the new United States, working on the Constitution and unsuccessfully promoting the abolition of slavery.
Variant and related titles
Kanopy Base.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 31, 2023
Performers
Joe Morton, Josh Lucas, Liam Neeson, Mandy Patinkin, Paul Giamatti, Peter Coyote
Publisher's number
13164734 Kanopy
Genre/Form
Education films.
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