Crisis in Paris : Franklin's diplomatic mission

Year Published: 1967

Creator: Teaching Film Custodians

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a DuPont Cavalcade Theatre television series episode, "Crisis in Paris" (season 4, episode 8), which first aired November 29th, 1955 on ABC-TV. Dramatizes the strategy used by Benjamin Franklin, head of the American Congressional Commission, sent to France to enlist French support for the American cause during the American Revolution. Although French aid is at first denied, Franklin maintains cordial, diplomatic relations. Illustrates Franklin concealing an unacceptable British proposal for ending the Revolution from French Prime Minister Compte Charles de Vergennes and records Vergennes reopening negotiations with Franklin's commission and granting the much-needed French aid., Adapted from the 1955 Cavalcade of America TV program. Depicts how Benjamin Franklin, as head of an American commission to France in 1777, utilizes the American victory at Saratoga and the ruse of considering the English conciliation offer to negotiate the alliance with France so needed in the revolution. , Adapted from the 1955 Cavalcade of America TV program. Depicts how Benjamin Franklin, as head of an American commission to France in 1777, utilizes the American victory at Saratoga and the ruse of considering the English conciliation offer to negotiate the alliance with France so needed in the revolution.

Complete Record: Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a DuPont Cavalcade Theatre television series episode, "Crisis in Paris" (season 4, episode 8), which first aired November 29th, 1955 on ABC-TV. Dramatizes the strategy used by Benjamin Franklin, head of the American Congressional Commission, sent to France to enlist French support for the American cause during the American Revolution. Although French aid is at first denied, Franklin maintains cordial, diplomatic relations. Illustrates Franklin concealing an unacceptable British proposal for ending the Revolution from French Prime Minister Compte Charles de Vergennes and records Vergennes reopening negotiations with Franklin's commission and granting the much-needed French aid., Adapted from the 1955 Cavalcade of America TV program. Depicts how Benjamin Franklin, as head of an American commission to France in 1777, utilizes the American victory at Saratoga and the ruse of considering the English conciliation offer to negotiate the alliance with France so needed in the revolution. , Adapted from the 1955 Cavalcade of America TV program. Depicts how Benjamin Franklin, as head of an American commission to France in 1777, utilizes the American victory at Saratoga and the ruse of considering the English conciliation offer to negotiate the alliance with France so needed in the revolution. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.