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Over an area of 18 millionsquare miles, 30 million peoplewere now in darkness. John, I've...

Over an area of 18 million
square miles, 30 million people
were now in darkness. John, I've got the chairman
on the phone

Full Transcript

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Over an area of 18 million square miles,
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30 million people were now in darkness.
00:00:10.176 --> 00:00:12.277
John, I've got the chairman on the phone.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
51
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:34
Uploaded
Jan 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Frankfurter Filmwerkstatt

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Movie Summary

Follow James Burke through the history of science and technology in this collection of 10 1-hour episodes, starting with "The Trigger Effect."
S01 • E06 See, glass making needs sand and wood mainly, - Connections 00:28
See, glass making needs sand and wood mainly,
S01 • E07 Well, with the crowned heads of Europe watching this fiasco, - Connections 00:31
Well, with the crowned heads of Europe watching this fiasco,
S01 • E06 If you think about it, things must've been pretty far gone - Connections 00:24
If you think about it, things must've been pretty far g...
S01 • E07 Now, gas making produced a lot of tar, - Connections 00:28
Now, gas making produced a lot of tar,
S01 • E09 The english were so pleased with Wade that in 1745, - Connections 00:22
The english were so pleased with Wade that in 1745,
S01 • E07 Now, so is Glasgow, smelly I mean; - Connections 00:13
Now, so is Glasgow, smelly I mean;
S01 • E01 I just assumed that something went wrong - Connections 00:16
I just assumed that something went wrong
S01 • E02 The privateers would bring back everything - Connections 00:22
The privateers would bring back everything
S01 • E01 Put yourself in this position; would you do any different? - Connections 00:10
Put yourself in this position; would you do any different?
S01 • E07 Our mysterious muck hunter made colors, - Connections 00:28
Our mysterious muck hunter made colors,
S01 • E05 Great showbiz. But the trouble was, - Connections 00:24
Great showbiz. But the trouble was,
S01 • E01 People began to be very jovial, and began to sing - Connections 00:20
People began to be very jovial, and began to sing
S01 • E07 Now, although he didn't realize it, - Connections 00:17
Now, although he didn't realize it,
S01 • E04 And a new face appeared in all the pictures, - Connections 00:11
And a new face appeared in all the pictures,
S01 • E05 By 1400, what had started as a machine to tell people - Connections 00:09
By 1400, what had started as a machine to tell people
S01 • E09 William Drummond had invented a light you could stick - Connections 00:17
William Drummond had invented a light you could stick
S01 • E05 Towns all over Europe got clocks, - Connections 00:11
Towns all over Europe got clocks,
S01 • E09 Inferior foreign lights paled into insignificance - Connections 00:12
Inferior foreign lights paled into insignificance
S01 • E09 The new light worked like this: - Connections 00:21
The new light worked like this:
S01 • E10 If there was ever a piece of technology that appealed - Connections 00:23
If there was ever a piece of technology that appealed