Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Benjamin Franklin / 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.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2022]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2022]

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

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.

Target Audience Note:

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).

Subjects:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.

Scientists -- United States -- Biography.

Inventors -- United States -- Biography.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Biographical films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author: