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Honorable Members who mourn with us the recent tragic loss off the Scilly Isles of four of...

Minister for the Navy:

[to Parliament]
Honorable Members who mourn with us the recent tragic loss off the Scilly Isles of four of Her Majesty's ships, and 2,000 wretched souls therein, under the command of Admiral Sir Cloudisley Shovell, will be pleased to know that Her Majesty's government is to offer a reward -- a prize of twenty thousand pounds -- to any man offering a practicable and useful solution to the problem of finding longitude at sea. A Board of Longitude will be set up, whose sole business will be to investigate any serious suggestions, and finally, it is profoundly to be hoped, to award this prize

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Honourable members who mourned with us
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the recent tragic loss off the Scilly lsles
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of four of Her Majesty's ships and 2 000 wretched souls therein
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under the command of Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell
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will be pleased to know that Her Majesty's government
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is to offer a reward
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A prize of 20 000 pound
Duration
33 seconds
Views
2,474
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:07
Uploaded
Apr 01, 2022
Genres
drama, history
Production
Granada Productions,A+E Studios

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Movie Summary

In two parallel stories, the clockmaker John Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea in the 18th Century and the horologist Rupert Gould becomes obsessed with restoring it in the 20th Century.

Actors

John Nettleton
Minister For The Navy
John Nettleton
Of course It's not just beautiful it's divine - Longitude 00:32
Of course It's not just beautiful it's divine
But that's absurd - Longitude 00:27
But that's absurd
How can you tell if a clock is running five seconds faster or slower - Longitude 00:15
How can you tell if a clock is running five seconds faster...
Oh dear - Longitude 00:22
Oh dear
Impossible sir A clock needs a pendulum You can't take a pendulum to sea - Longitude 00:10
Impossible sir A clock needs a pendulum You can't take...
So that's it A wooden clock that's his claim to fame - Longitude 00:22
So that's it A wooden clock that's his claim to...
You've found a way to build this sea clock haven't you - Longitude 00:27
You've found a way to build this sea clock haven't...
Now it is vital to my process Sir Edmund - Longitude 00:35
Now it is vital to my process Sir Edmund
How do you know that It's my job at home - Longitude 00:34
How do you know that It's my job at home
One second a month sir - Longitude 00:37
One second a month sir
William Mr Harrison - Longitude 00:27
William Mr Harrison
Sir Frank I'm not asking to mechanically alter the Harrison machines - Longitude 00:21
Sir Frank I'm not asking to mechanically alter the...
They won't reward a theory - Longitude 00:11
They won't reward a theory
Mark that - Longitude 00:37
Mark that
The climate and the inclination of the oceans - Longitude 00:04
The climate and the inclination of the oceans
I want you to give up the clock - Longitude 00:22
I want you to give up the clock
Captain Proctor presents his compliments - Longitude 00:19
Captain Proctor presents his compliments
This is Mr Harrison Make sure you look after him - Longitude 00:33
This is Mr Harrison Make sure you look after him
I'm afraid you must excuse me - Longitude 00:10
I'm afraid you must excuse me
What the bloody hell is that - Longitude 00:05
What the bloody hell is that