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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

When the wind was just right, Hargrave, aided by his employee,James Swaine, Hargrave,...

When the wind was just right, Hargrave, aided by his employee,
James Swaine, Hargrave, aided by his employee,
would climb aboard a sling seat would climb aboard a sling seat and they would launch the kites

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When the wind was just right,
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Hargrave, aided by his employee, James Swaine,
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Hargrave, aided by his employee, would climb aboard a sling seat
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would climb aboard a sling seat
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and they would launch the kites.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:55
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
7
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 • E02 So John brought in the big guns, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
So John brought in the big guns,
S01 • E03 (GUNSHOT) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
(GUNSHOT)
S01 • E04 Yass local Dave Thorne is skilled - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
Yass local Dave Thorne is skilled
S01 • E08 And that sense of being at the cutting edge of a new technology, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
And that sense of being at the cutting edge of a new technol...
S01 • E06 We used this homespun technology until the mid 20th century. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:06
We used this homespun technology until the mid 20th century.
S01 • E03 As an 8-year-old, He even dabbled in bomb-making, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
As an 8-year-old, He even dabbled in bomb-making,
S01 • E05 And the big, big change occurred in 1973. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
And the big, big change occurred in 1973.
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...