Ben and Me
Ben and Me was Disneys first animated tworeel short subject and released theatrically on November 10, 1953. It was adapted from the childrens book written by authorillustrator Robert Lawson and first published in 1939. Though both book and film deal with the relationship between a mouse and American founding father Benjamin Franklin, the book, with illustrations by Lawson, focused more heavily on actual historical events and personages, and included incidents from Franklins French career at Versailles.
In present day, two tour groups are simultaneously visiting a statue of Benjamin Franklin. The human tour group in front of the statue discusses Franklins life and achievements, while the leader of a mouse tour group which is standing at the top of Franklins hat reveals the contributions of a mouse named Amos to Franklins career.In 1745, Amos, the eldest of twentysix siblings living in the Christ Church in Philadelphia, decides to leave his family thus relieving them of another mouse mouth to feed and find work somewhere. After no luck, and while trying to take shelter from a freezing and snowy night, Amos befriends Benjamin Franklin in his printing shop. Eventually Amos aids in Franklins publishing, inventing, and political career. Amongst Amos contributions were making bifocals, inspiring Franklin to build the Franklin stove and suggesting how to fix a major problem with it, and encouraging Franklin to print an eventoriented newspaper which Amos names the Pennsylvania Gazette. ........
Source: Wikipedia
