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Benjamin Franklin
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The work Benjamin Franklin represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Benjamin Franklin
Label
Benjamin Franklin
Statement of responsibility
a film by Ken Burns ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA Washington D.C. ; directed by Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan ; produced by Ken Burns and David Schmidt
Title variation
Ben Franklin
Contributor
  • Florentine Films
  • Coyote, Peter
  • Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
  • Duncan, Dayton
  • Patinkin, Mandy
  • WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
  • PBS Distribution (Firm)
  • Burns, Ken, 1953-
  • Schmidt, David, 1956-
Film director
  • Burns, Ken, 1953-
Film distributor
  • PBS Distribution (Firm)
Film producer
  • Schmidt, David, 1956-
  • Burns, Ken, 1953-
Narrator
  • Coyote, Peter
Production company
  • WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
  • Florentine Films
Publisher
  • Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Screenwriter
  • Duncan, Dayton
Voice actor
  • Patinkin, Mandy
Subject
  • Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
  • United States
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Biographical films
  • Documentary films
  • Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
  • Inventors -- United States -- Biography
  • Scientists -- United States -- Biography
Genre
  • Biographical films
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Documentary films
  • Biography
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Editor, Craig Mellish ; cinematography, Buddy Squires
Dewey number
973.3092
Intended audience
  • TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned; this program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age)
  • Grade level: High school (9-12)
Language note
In English or Spanish, with optional English or Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
LC call number
  • E302.6.F8
  • PS745
LC item number
  • B452355 2022
  • .B46 2022
PerformerNote
Narrator, Peter Coyote ; voiceover actor, Mandy Patinkin
Runtime
240
Target audience
general
Technique
live action

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