Franklin's Spark (1720-1765) - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
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Benjamin Franklin is Philadelphia's most iconic citizen, but how did William Penn's city shape the man often called "The First American"? This episode follows Franklin from his arrival as a fugitive indentured servant to his emergence as a leader of craftsmen, civic innovator, media pioneer, politician, and the force behind America's greatest Enlightenment city. But all around Franklin, slavery drives the city's prosperity. Sampson, enslaved to Governor James Logan, strikes out for freedom, forcing Quaker power brokers to wrestle with the great evil of their times. And soon, Philadelphia's peaceful charter will face its greatest test, as a violent frontier conflict threatens to explode in the city's streets.
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History Making Productions presents
"Franklin's Spark"
An Episode of "Philadelphia: The Great Experiment"
Created by Sam Katz
Directed by Andrew Ferrett
Produced by Wendy Cox
Written by Andrew Ferrett & Nathaniel Popkin
Director of Photography: Paul Van Haute
Music Composed by Patrick De Caumette
Edited by Rachel Sophia Stewart
Associate Producer: Jonathan Kohl
Narrated by Michael Boatman
Creative Director: Virginia Lasco
Production Designer: Steven Pennepacker
Costume Designer: Millie Hiibel
Principal Casting: Cynthia Jantzen
Hair & Make-Up: Krystal Tini
Sound & Dialogue Editor: Dan La Porta
Made possible through the generous support of:
The Halloran Family Philanthropies - Kay & Harry Halloran
The McCausland Family Foundation - Bonnie & Peter McCausland
I grew up down the street from John Bartram High School in Southwest Philly. Im addicted to this series. im learning so much about my city i didn't know about.
Simply Splendid hometown Philly info !! 🥨🔥💎🎩
🎉..I ❤ Everything Philly ♥️🇮🇪☘️
Props to the cameraman he had to go back In time
you're joking right? traveling back in time is not possible
@@ememmeme8722 cmon man
Hopefully he got paid overtime for all of that time traveling he had to do.
@@Runescape_God Unless the overtime could only be measured in the forward progression of time.
The camera man accidentally posted the video in a year before time travel though. The look of embarrassment on their face upon returning home and realizing they altered the timeline.
It shows we live in a broken world and we must diligently fight against evil - always.
16:40 what a great edit, just start walking straight into the river..
Well, from the 1750s, and through the 1770s, Philadelphia was the second largest city in the United Kingdom/British Colonial Empire (behind London).
amazing documentary
Junto is spanish for together...
But the funny thing is that Philly it's the same way today we lawless trash everywhere corrupt politics we do what we want but to be here and to know it is to love it I represent my hometown.
Put the guns down. Jesus fucking Christ put the guns down.
Thank you and thumbs up.
My native city shines again!
*Benjamin Lay with the stabbing of the Bible where blood-colored dye squirted out, was brilliant! Poor Sampson.*
Franklin wrote to Mauldridge a quaker in exeter/oley. Relatives of lincoln's great-great grandfather & d.Boone's relatives. Did franklin ever talk with these quakers?
Wow......Robinson highly qualified strong speedy and skillful soccer player .
but it was franklin's scientific discoveries on electricity that endeared him to European civilization who celebrated him highly for this; treated him as a rock star!
Well, Benjamin Franklin, himself, was a product of the (European) Enlightenment!
And of course back in Mother Africa the flaming issue in America was handled in the finest humanitarian fashion.
Those who edited this film should be flogged. Hardly any scene lasts more than two seconds. The longest scene is that of an enlarging map (~ 8 sec). Do they think we have attention deficit disorder? So many quick changes of scenes almost gave me a headache.
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Clicked for a story on Franklin, somehow I got half that with most of the time being exaggerated takes on the settlers and slavery.
It’s absolutely horrible what we did to the Africans and native Americans. We should be ashamed of ourselves.
Stupid, "we" did nothing to them, as we no longer have slaves. It still up and running over in afrika and the middle east. Always has, always will.
Who is the narrator?
Cathy F - Michael Boatman.
@@KMAllmond how do you know that XD
@@KMAllmond also your two years late lol and I’m two years late from your comment also lol
Also I realized that Negro is also spanish for black so we were correct when we say Negro. It's that in english it sounds different it's neeegro.. I never knew that.
Lost the thread a bit with the Sampson subplot - wish they had spent less time on the slavery stuff. Not a big part of the overall plot.
hi
Four score&seven years ago,......this Loud background music is a pain in Franklin's Ass.
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As always, greed drives much of this world. Follow the money and you will find the evil.
Historically inaccurate hairstyles, costumes, and footwear are making me crazy but otherwise, great.
Hellfire Club
Franklin was an atheist
+Blue Max , I dont know about that. He was a Freemason which would require him to prove he believes in a supreme being. I know its been difficult to tell over the years though. That only proves he was a politician. www.beliefnet.com/resourcelib/docs/42/Letter_from_Benjamin_Franklin_to_an_Atheist_1.html
+Blue Max, what's your point?
louis brunelle - I think he was an atheist in private, but a Deist in public.
Most smart people are.
Not true at all. He was a deist and believed having in faith in a Supreme Being.
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