This clip recounts the childhood and young adult years of Benjamin Franklin, specifically talking about his adoption of the Silence Dogood pseudonym and his move down to Philadelphia from Boston. MS of a cradle, rapid zoom out of a room in Boston, presumably the one in which Ben Franklin grew up. CU of books on a bench outside, zoom out and dissolve to a soap and candle making shop, as would have been owned by Franklin’s father. Zoom in on a kettle, then cut to a painting of boats. There is another shot of boats, this time in Boston Harbor, before a dissolve back to the kettle for soap making with a rapid zoom out. Dissolve to a red brick building in the style of Georgian architecture; ivy covers the facade. Dissolve to a CU shot of The New-England Courant, a paper printed by Franklin’s brother. Dissolve to a printing press, CU of the type. MS of the press from above. Dissolve to a shot of an attic in the same building, where Franklin lived. CU of a quill and paper on the desk. Shot of The New-England Courant with a slow zoom in to the paper. VO talks about Silence Dogood. Dissolve to a painting of ships at harbor. Dissolve to a MS of a ship, then CU of ropes on the ship. Tilt up MS of a statue of Ben Franklin as a young man, then dissolve to a painting of Philadelphia. LS of a quiet street in Philadelphia.