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Searching for Secrets

Documentaries focusing on local secrets (historical and modern) and stories from several different cities across the world. Some of the cities that are included in this series are: New York, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Paris, a...

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Saloon Media,Blue Ant Studios Canada

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1 nomination

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Narrator: London has got
secrets everywhere. - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: London has got secrets everywhere.

Narrator: New york's got
secrets everywhere. - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: New york's got secrets everywhere.

You just have to know
where to look. - Searching for Secrets

You just have to know where to look.

You just have to know
where to look. - Searching for Secrets

You just have to know where to look.

Why do london's black cabs
have that funny shape? - Searching for Secrets

Why do london's black cabs have that funny shape?

How did the famous pride flag
lose two of its stripes? - Searching for Secrets

How did the famous pride flag lose two of its stripes?

Why does an apartment building
have people doing double takes? - Searching for Secrets

Why does an apartment building have people doing double take...

What were the city's criminals
hiding behind this secret door? - Searching for Secrets

What were the city's criminals hiding behind this secre...

Man: And it comes down to this,
the top hat. - Searching for Secrets

Man: And it comes down to this, the top hat.

Why is one of the city's
fire hydrants - Searching for Secrets

Why is one of the city's fire hydrants

[pop] - Searching for Secrets

Narrator:
How did the city's toilets - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: How did the city's toilets

[jet roaring] - Searching for Secrets

Man: Back in '68
it would have been total chaos. - Searching for Secrets

Man: Back in '68 it would have been total chaos.

Narrator: How did
an enterprising woman - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: How did an enterprising woman

Woman: Unlike every other
fire hydrant in the city, - Searching for Secrets

Woman: Unlike every other fire hydrant in the city,

Woman: The world's cheapest
michelin-starred meal - Searching for Secrets

Woman: The world's cheapest michelin-starred meal

[bell tolling] - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: Why do you ignore him
at your peril? - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: Why do you ignore him at your peril?

Narrator: And what does
this house on telegraph hill - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: And what does this house on telegraph hill

[explosion] - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: And how do toilets
make the city rich? - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: And how do toilets make the city rich?

Woman: Here there could be
as many as 100,000 people. - Searching for Secrets

Woman: Here there could be as many as 100,000 people.

Narrator:
And how are some pink pipes - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: And how are some pink pipes

[crowd cheering] - Searching for Secrets

[crowd cheering]

Man: You start to really wonder, - Searching for Secrets

Man: You start to really wonder,

Narrator: Every great city
has its secrets. - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: Every great city has its secrets.

Woman: It was ego writ large.
It was megalomania. - Searching for Secrets

Woman: It was ego writ large. It was megalomania.

Narrator: Every great city
has its secrets. - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: Every great city has its secrets.

So let's go find them - Searching for Secrets

So let's go find them

So let's go find them - Searching for Secrets

So let's go find them

Narrator: Every great city
has its secrets. - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: Every great city has its secrets.

Narrator: Every great city
has its secrets. - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: Every great city has its secrets.

So let's go find them - Searching for Secrets

So let's go find them

So, let's go find them - Searching for Secrets

So, let's go find them

So, let's go find them - Searching for Secrets

So, let's go find them

[woman singing in french] - Searching for Secrets

[woman singing in french]

Singapore is like
nowhere else on earth... - Searching for Secrets

Singapore is like nowhere else on earth...

But there's much more to
the thames than meets the eye. - Searching for Secrets

But there's much more to the thames than meets the eye.

♪ california, california ♪ - Searching for Secrets

♪ california, california ♪

A city-state the size
of new york in southeast asia. - Searching for Secrets

A city-state the size of new york in southeast asia.

Just ask this bunch. - Searching for Secrets

Just ask this bunch.

Down by the river. - Searching for Secrets

Down by the river.

But how well do you
really know it? - Searching for Secrets

But how well do you really know it?

I think that's probably
17th century. - Searching for Secrets

I think that's probably 17th century.

For 2,000 years, the seine has
been the beating heart of paris. - Searching for Secrets

For 2,000 years, the seine has been the beating heart of par...

And it's borne witness
to the drama - Searching for Secrets

And it's borne witness to the drama

Narrator: Every low tide,
dozens of beachcombers, - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: Every low tide, dozens of beachcombers,

But among them,
one store in particular - Searching for Secrets

But among them, one store in particular

Timothy white: We're here
at the statue of liberty, - Searching for Secrets

Timothy white: We're here at the statue of liberty,

Narrator: It's on stamps,
postcards and coins. - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: It's on stamps, postcards and coins.

Today there are 37 bridges
which span the river, - Searching for Secrets

Today there are 37 bridges which span the river,

And for those willing
to climb the stairs, - Searching for Secrets

And for those willing to climb the stairs,

The boudin bakery looks
like a modern pop-up, - Searching for Secrets

The boudin bakery looks like a modern pop-up,

Some 12 million tourists a year
come for a picture. - Searching for Secrets

Some 12 million tourists a year come for a picture.

And it's where up to a million
germans come together - Searching for Secrets

And it's where up to a million germans come together

Maiklem: If you came down here
on the low tide in the 1860s, - Searching for Secrets

Maiklem: If you came down here on the low tide in the 1860s,

Morgan walesh: If you come here
on the pont de l'alma - Searching for Secrets

Morgan walesh: If you come here on the pont de l'alma

But in fact it holds the key - Searching for Secrets

But in fact it holds the key

But did you know that there is
a second viewing platform - Searching for Secrets

But did you know that there is a second viewing platform

And it's right over here. - Searching for Secrets

And it's right over here.

But berlin's most famous
monument is hiding a secret. - Searching for Secrets

But berlin's most famous monument is hiding a secret.

Narrator: It's right there
in plain sight. - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: It's right there in plain sight.

Until 1848, san francisco was
a small frontier settlement - Searching for Secrets

Until 1848, san francisco was a small frontier settlement

Narrator: If you think he's just
a decoration, think again. - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: If you think he's just a decoration, think ag...

But weirdly it's been off limits
for over a century. - Searching for Secrets

But weirdly it's been off limits for over a century.

You can see all the masts
from the sailing ships - Searching for Secrets

You can see all the masts from the sailing ships

Take a look at a painting
from this same spot in 1806, - Searching for Secrets

Take a look at a painting from this same spot in 1806,

Walesh: So this is a statue,
and it's known as zouave. - Searching for Secrets

Walesh: So this is a statue, and it's known as zouave.

And in front of them,
these three characters. - Searching for Secrets

And in front of them, these three characters.

But when a supervisor
at sutter's mill - Searching for Secrets

But when a supervisor at sutter's mill

It's always difficult to explain - Searching for Secrets

It's always difficult to explain

It's a statue
of a french soldier - Searching for Secrets

It's a statue of a french soldier

Why aren't we allowed
on liberty's torch? - Searching for Secrets

Why aren't we allowed on liberty's torch?

They're holding baskets,
and they're searching mud. - Searching for Secrets

They're holding baskets, and they're searching mud...

Sewell: You can see
that there's a difference - Searching for Secrets

Sewell: You can see that there's a difference

Narrator: Parisians keep one eye
on him at all times. - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: Parisians keep one eye on him at all times.

[speaking hokkien] - Searching for Secrets

[speaking hokkien]

There's a clue
on new york's coast, - Searching for Secrets

There's a clue on new york's coast,

Carol scott: To this day, - Searching for Secrets

Carol scott: To this day,

Narrator: In victorian london,
mudlarks, - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: In victorian london, mudlarks,

But if it starts to creep up,
once it gets to his feet, - Searching for Secrets

But if it starts to creep up, once it gets to his feet,

She's holding something-- - Searching for Secrets

She's holding something--

White: So if you take a look
at this map, - Searching for Secrets

White: So if you take a look at this map,

Almost overnight
thousands of fortune hunters - Searching for Secrets

Almost overnight thousands of fortune hunters

Narrator: He stars
in a parisian horror story, - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: He stars in a parisian horror story,

Maiklem: These people
lived horrific lives, - Searching for Secrets

Maiklem: These people lived horrific lives,

And then behind
you have the stretch - Searching for Secrets

And then behind you have the stretch

Narrator: By 1849, most of these
prospectors, or 49ers, - Searching for Secrets

Narrator: By 1849, most of these prospectors, or 49ers,

The story begins
more than a hundred years ago - Searching for Secrets

The story begins more than a hundred years ago

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Documentaries focusing on local secrets (historical and modern) and stories from several different cities across the world. Some of the cities that are included in this series are: New York, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Paris, a...

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Saloon Media,Blue Ant Studios Canada

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

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Released: 06 Jun 2021

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.smithsonianchannel.ca/shows/searching-for-secrets