Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Experiment
About this episode
In 1752 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin wanted to prove that lightning was electrical in nature. danger from electrical storms and skepticism from contemporaries.
Research sources for this film
AI-assisted reconstruction from documented history. AI-assisted reconstruction based on documented history. Verify details against primary sources. Depictions of historical figures are illustrative reconstructions for documentary storytelling — not authentic photographs or recordings of those persons.