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This clip details Benjamin Franklin’s time as an ambassador in England for the Crown and his move back to Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence. Exterior of a nice house in England, stills of paintings and engravings. Shots of other buildings in England, then CU of some documents on tea taxes. Shot of a wax model in a patriotic pose, then a shot of a painting of Franklin, zoom in on his face. Shots of paintings of Oxford University. Shots of letters written by Franklin, then shot of a painting of his wife. Next, a shot of a painting of London and the Thames, then of Franklin reading a document in another painting. Painting of the Privy Council in England. Exterior of a gothic building in England. Shot of a model of a harbor in one of the colonies. A wavy transition takes the story back to Independence Hall in July of 1776, with an interior shot of the room in which the Declaration of Independence was signed.