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Ben Franklin's bones / a production of Icon Films and Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET ; producer/director, Kate Thomas-Couth.

Thomas-Couth, Kate, (television director,, television producer.). Sanders, Jay O., 1953- (narrator.). Icon Films, (production company.). Thirteen Productions, (production company.). WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), (production company.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (publisher.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (film distributor.).

Summary:

Explores the mystery of the human bones recently uncovered beneath 36 Craven Street, London, the address of Ben Franklin while colonial ambassador to England, and their connection with the work of surgeon William Hewson, which involved grave robbing and body snatching for the purpose of research into human anatomy and physiology.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781627892551
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2015]
  • Distributor: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS Distribution, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Documentary.
Originally produced as a episode of the television series: The secrets of the dead.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrator, Jay O. Sanders.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally broadcast by PBS, Jan. 28, 2015.
Target Audience Note:
9-12.
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).
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Language Note:
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); descriptive video information (DVI).
Subject: Hewson, William, 1739-1774.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 > Homes and haunts > England > London.
Human dissection > England > London > History > 18th century.
Human anatomy > Study and teaching > England > London > History > 18th century.
Grave robbing > England > London > 18th century.
Body snatching > England > London > History > 18th century.
Medical jurisprudence > England > London > Case studies.
Genre: Historical television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Television programs for people with visual disabilities.
Nonfiction television programs.

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