Ken Burns’s four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States. “Write things worth reading,” he said in Poor Richard’s Almanack, “or do things worth the writing.” Benjamin Franklin did both.
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| 1. | Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns Trailer | Get Subtitle | Mirror 2 | 0:32 | Explore the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States. “Write things worth reading,” he said in Poor Richard’s Almanack, “or do things worth the writing.” Benjamin Franklin did both. |
First of all, you will need to download the Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns, Season 1 videos.
You can do so on either
iTunes or Amazon Prime
When you are done downloading the Videos, follow the processes below to Add the subtitle file to your Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns, Season 1 videos
You can get the .Srt subtitle files for each episode in Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns, Season 1 by following the "Get Subtitle" Link beside every Episode above. You will be taken to a page where you can now select the appropriate subtitle file for your downloaded episode.
Alternatively, you can use the "Mirror 2" link if the first does not work for you!
To Add Subtitle files to your VLC Player, follow these steps accordingly:
1. Move the subtitle file into the same folder as your video file.
2. Rename the subtitle file with exactly the same name as your video file, so you have two files like this: Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns, Season 1_Episode_1.avi and Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns, Season 1_Episode_1.srt.
3. Play your video in VLC. You should now see subtitles appear over your movie. If you don’t, double check the .srt file is correctly named, then close and restart VLC before playing again..
1. Download the .srt file from above.
2. Upload your video to YouTube. When configuring your upload, click “Captions”.
3. Click “Add a Caption Track” and browse to select your .srt file.
4. Select the language from the drop-down, and make sure “Caption file” is selected, not “Transcript file”.
5. Upload the .srt file.
6. Done!
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7. Clicking the “CC” icon in the YouTube player turns the subtitles on.
8. This method also works to watch a Youtube video (not uploaded by you) with subtitles