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Aussie Inventions That Changed The World

"With a periscope fixed to a rifle, "it would be possible to fireaccurately, without...

"With a periscope fixed to a rifle, "it would be possible to fire
accurately, without personal danger." On that day, Beech's idea
for the periscope rifle was born

Full Transcript

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"With a periscope fixed to a rifle,
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"it would be possible to fire accurately, without personal danger."
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On that day, Beech's idea for the periscope rifle was born.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:01
Uploaded
Jun 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
8
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 The disc has holes in it, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
The disc has holes in it,
S01 • E03 (GUNFIRE) - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
(GUNFIRE)
S01 • E01 You don't actually find many inventors - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
You don't actually find many inventors
S01 • E05 Well, the...the nozzles, we had all a row of them. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:04
Well, the...the nozzles, we had all a row of them.
S01 • E07 Historian David Hunt is investigating an ingenious two-in-one invention - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Historian David Hunt is investigating an ingenious two-in-on...
S01 • E04 Mallee is the name for a group of low-growing native Australian trees - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Mallee is the name for a group of low-growing native Austral...
S01 • E01 Her brave decision to walk away from Berlei, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
Her brave decision to walk away from Berlei,
S01 • E05 We had everything And this nozzle came out supreme, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
We had everything And this nozzle came out supreme,
S01 • E03 By early December 1915, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:12
By early December 1915,
S01 • E08 Periscopes have a long association with war, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:07
Periscopes have a long association with war,
S01 • E07 Australia is girt by sea, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:09
Australia is girt by sea,
S01 • E04 They form vast shrublands in semi-arid regions - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
They form vast shrublands in semi-arid regions
S01 • E05 The physics of it became quite interesting, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:23
The physics of it became quite interesting,
S01 • E06 Tom Angove's 1965 cask wine, or bag-in-box, invention - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:11
Tom Angove's 1965 cask wine, or bag-in-box, invention
S01 • E02 A sensor behind the disc would detect the patterns of light and dark - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
A sensor behind the disc would detect the patterns of light ...
S01 • E01 Myra went on to produce and sell her boneless corset in England... - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
Myra went on to produce and sell her boneless corset in Engl...
S01 • E08 In the trenches of World War I, periscopes were used by soldiers - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:10
In the trenches of World War I, periscopes were used by sold...
S01 • E07 In the extremely unlikely event - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:15
In the extremely unlikely event
S01 • E04 The mallee, like these ones growing on a farm, - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:08
The mallee, like these ones growing on a farm,
S01 • E03 The British command finally decided to evacuate. - Aussie Inventions That Changed The World 00:05
The British command finally decided to evacuate.