| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 210 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, full screen, Dolby Digital stereo ; region 1. |
| Performer |
Richard Easton and Dylan Baker as Benjamin Franklin ; narrator, Colm Feore. |
| Credits |
Writers/co-producer, Ronald Blumer ; executive in charge of production, Gerald Richman. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on PBS television. |
| Contents |
Let the experiment be made -- The making of a revolutionary -- The chess master. |
| Summary |
Traces Franklin's epic life from humble beginnings to fame as a scientist, founding father, and America's first diplomat to France. |
| Note |
Special features: The making of Benjamin Franklin ; Program outtakes. |
| Language |
English dialogue; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
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United States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Biographical television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hovde, Ellen.
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Meyer, Muffie.
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Blumer, Ronald H.
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Feore, Colm, 1958-
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Easton, Richard, 1933-2019
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Baker, Dylan.
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Twin Cities Public Television (Saint Paul, Minn.)
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Middlemarch Films.
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PBS Home Video.
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| Added Title |
Making of Benjamin Franklin.
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| ISBN |
0793695619 |
| Standard No. |
841887000628 |
| Music No. |
BENF601 PBS Home Video |
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