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Towns all over Europegot clocks, and when they rang,you moved, and you moved until they...

Towns all over Europe
got clocks, and when they rang,
you moved, and you moved until they rang again,
when you stopped. Does that idea ring a bell?

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Towns all over Europe got clocks,
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and when they rang, you moved, and you moved
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until they rang again, when you stopped.
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Does that idea ring a bell?
Duration
11 seconds
Views
44
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:44
Uploaded
Jan 16, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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 • 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
S01 • E09 Still, that wasn't the end of limelight, - Connections 00:05
Still, that wasn't the end of limelight,
S01 • E10 Trouble was, that thing took off as much on euphoria - Connections 00:18
Trouble was, that thing took off as much on euphoria
S01 • E03 Gunpowder was a Chinese invention, - Connections 00:29
Gunpowder was a Chinese invention,
S01 • E03 In the main, apart from the odd rocket or grenade, - Connections 00:12
In the main, apart from the odd rocket or grenade,
S01 • E02 In Regensburg, some of the more meaningful traditions - Connections 00:07
In Regensburg, some of the more meaningful traditions
S01 • E03 Which brings us, for a minute or two, - Connections 00:14
Which brings us, for a minute or two,
S01 • E03 The thing that surprises us, in the West, - Connections 00:15
The thing that surprises us, in the West,
S01 • E09 These are the docks at the quiet littlee kentish town - Connections 00:13
These are the docks at the quiet littlee kentish town
S01 • E09 It was made by soaking cotton in nitric and sulfuric acid; - Connections 00:10
It was made by soaking cotton in nitric and sulfuric acid;
S01 • E08 The kind of air that comes off rotting vegetation, - Connections 00:21
The kind of air that comes off rotting vegetation,
S01 • E09 The scene: a Colorado saloon; - Connections 00:27
The scene: a Colorado saloon;
S01 • E06 This is the standard view of the industrial revolution: - Connections 00:08
This is the standard view of the industrial revolution:
S01 • E02 But lightning got taken really seriously - Connections 00:07
But lightning got taken really seriously
S01 • E06 But although these machines slammed the world into the industrial age -- - Connections 00:11
But although these machines slammed the world into the indus...
S01 • E09 At first, he and his ball seemed harmless enough; - Connections 00:11
At first, he and his ball seemed harmless enough;
S01 • E06 Steam power began by changing the shape of the countryside - Connections 00:22
Steam power began by changing the shape of the countryside
S01 • E09 Suddenly, it made the kind of noise you never made - Connections 00:13
Suddenly, it made the kind of noise you never made