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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

As an 8-year-old,He even dabbled in bomb-making, He even dabbled in bomb-making, until one...

As an 8-year-old,
He even dabbled in bomb-making, He even dabbled in bomb-making, until one exploded
and he suffered a shrapnel injury

Full Transcript

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As an 8-year-old, He even dabbled in bomb-making,
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He even dabbled in bomb-making,
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until one exploded and he suffered a shrapnel injury.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:01
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
Production
SkinnyDip Pictures,Northern Pictures

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Movie Summary

The 8 part series reveals a raft of great Australian inventors who turned game-changing ideas into a reality and forever changed how we live.
S01 • E01 SONG: # It's bright and breezy and the livin's easy - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
SONG: # It's bright and breezy and the livin's eas...
S01 • E04 It's time to see how he goes with the original. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
It's time to see how he goes with the original.
S01 • E05 In United States, they were looking at a battery called lithium. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
In United States, they were looking at a battery called lith...
S01 • E03 WOMAN: All units, the murder suspect in the Rowland killing is at large. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
WOMAN: All units, the murder suspect in the Rowland killing ...
S01 • E02 And it was right here, at the canteen picnic tables, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
And it was right here, at the canteen picnic tables,
S01 • E07 Or would he and his dreams of flight come crashing down? - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Or would he and his dreams of flight come crashing down?
S01 • E08 And I certainly know that this theatre, the Athenaeum, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
And I certainly know that this theatre, the Athenaeum,
S01 • E03 In the early 1930s, Owen graduated to submachine guns, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
In the early 1930s, Owen graduated to submachine guns,
S01 • E06 I'm still a little bit doubtful - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
I'm still a little bit doubtful
S01 • E05 These ones lasted up to 10 years. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
These ones lasted up to 10 years.
S01 • E01 And, of course, what you sell with a lawn mower - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:19
And, of course, what you sell with a lawn mower
S01 • E02 What was the challenge that you guys had set yourself? - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
What was the challenge that you guys had set yourself?
S01 • E05 So the next step is we managed to refine the lithium batteries, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
So the next step is we managed to refine the lithium batteri...
S01 • E04 They've been...they've been there for years. (LAUGHS) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
They've been...they've been there for years. (LAUG...
S01 • E08 Much of the film was shot here, on the banks of the Yarra River, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:12
Much of the film was shot here, on the banks of the Yarra Ri...
S01 • E02 Our vision was that the wireless would replace wires, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
Our vision was that the wireless would replace wires,
S01 • E06 It is currently 28 degrees in the shade. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
It is currently 28 degrees in the shade.
S01 • E03 He spent most of the '30s perfecting his prototype, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
He spent most of the '30s perfecting his prototype,
S01 • E05 It takes half an hour, 40 minutes, under local anaesthetic - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
It takes half an hour, 40 minutes, under local anaesthetic
S01 • E02 People just were sort of took aback - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:13
People just were sort of took aback