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Talking About Things / Ben Franklin's Constitution

TALKING ABOUT THINGS / EPISODE 3
Client: American Philosophical Society

Greenhouse Media (GhM) produced a series of short documentary films for the American Philosophical Society Museum (APS). This documentary is the second in an ongoing series of film portraits of distinguished APS members told through the members' selection of objects, artworks and documents from the APS's amazing permanent collection.

This episode features APS member, US Circuit Court of Appeals Judge David Tatel discussing Benjamin Franklin’s personal copy of the US Constitution, complete with handwritten notes. Other episodes include discussions of Lewis & Clark’s journals, and Charles Darwin’s original design for the title page of On The Origin of Species.