The World of Franklin & Jefferson: Authors of Independence and Architects of the American Experiment

DATE - 1973

This film was produced to present the Eames proposal to make an American Revolution Bicentennial celebration. The exhibition would compare and contrast the lives of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, providing a cinematic trip for the viewer through the exhibit, using animation, live-action, and still photography. It was later used by the USIA to provide information to the embassies and museums which would be hosting the exhibition.  

13 minutes, four seconds.

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The film includes views of the exhibition study model, a timeline of significant historical events of the period, and photographs of Franklin and Jefferson’s writings, personal belongings, and the places where they lived and worked. Music includes Mozart’s “Brunette” and “Sonata for Piano,” and “Bunker Hill” by Andrew Law. The introduction features the Vienna Philharmonic Wind Group performing “Divertimento” and “Menuetto No. 3 in E-Flat Major.” Missouri Historical Society Brass Card #399, 1976. Industrial Design: The 1976 Design Review: For Excellence of Design, 1976. Printing Industries of America Certificate of Award Timeline, 1976.

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