

Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns
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第 季第 1 集1 - “Join or Die” (1706-1774)
2022年4月3日1 小時 53 分鐘Leaving behind his Boston childhood, Benjamin Franklin reinvents himself in Philadelphia where he builds a printing empire and a new life with his wife Deborah. Turning to science, Franklin gains worldwide fame from his lightning rod and experiments in electricity. After entering politics, he spends years in London trying to keep Britain and America together as his own family starts to come apart.免費試用 PBS Documentaries 或購買第 季第 1 集2 - “An American” (1775-1790)
2022年4月4日1 小時 53 分鐘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.免費試用 PBS Documentaries 或購買