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A lightship, in the English Channel
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A lightship, in theEnglish Channel transmits the world'sfirst distress signal

A lightship, in the
English Channel transmits the world's
first distress signal

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A lightship, in the English Channel
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transmits the world's first distress signal.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:51
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
10
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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Movie Summary

From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.
S01 • E09 This was already an impressive machine, - Strangest Things 00:05
This was already an impressive machine,
S01 • E06 [Mark Benecke] At the beginning - Strangest Things 00:07
[Mark Benecke] At the beginning
S01 • E07 They had consultations about the future, - Strangest Things 00:07
They had consultations about the future,
S01 • E05 [dramatic music playing] - Strangest Things 00:06
[dramatic music playing]
S01 • E03 But then, actually, when you're ready to hold it, it actually have it fixed - Strangest Things 00:09
But then, actually, when you're ready to hold it, it ac...
S01 • E10 Alerting Coast Guard's to a stricken vessel. - Strangest Things 00:04
Alerting Coast Guard's to a stricken vessel.
S01 • E07 This is a man who had his finger right in the middle - Strangest Things 00:08
This is a man who had his finger right in the middle
S01 • E09 It can reliably calculate the squares of numbers, or the cubes of numbers, - Strangest Things 00:10
It can reliably calculate the squares of numbers, or the cub...
S01 • E06 [narrator] Thousands of copies of her death mask are made. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] Thousands of copies of her death mask are made.
S01 • E08 [narrator] Clockmaker John Harrison creates H1 - Strangest Things 00:10
[narrator] Clockmaker John Harrison creates H1
S01 • E04 It's these tiny metallic particles - Strangest Things 00:09
It's these tiny metallic particles
S01 • E02 [narrator] This ability to draw blood is important to Victorians - Strangest Things 00:10
[narrator] This ability to draw blood is important to Victor...
S01 • E10 But Marcone is thinking big. He wants radio to cross the Atlantic and his receiver - Strangest Things 00:16
But Marcone is thinking big. He wants radio to cross the Atl...
S01 • E01 There's almost no atmosphere, and that means that - Strangest Things 00:07
There's almost no atmosphere, and that means that
S01 • E05 The answer lies behind its highly decorated back cover. - Strangest Things 00:05
The answer lies behind its highly decorated back cover.
S01 • E06 Her enigmatic features capture the imagination - Strangest Things 00:06
Her enigmatic features capture the imagination
S01 • E03 If he's holding a sword for the reign of a horse, - Strangest Things 00:06
If he's holding a sword for the reign of a horse,
S01 • E04 And it's all because of quantum effects - Strangest Things 00:06
And it's all because of quantum effects
S01 • E06 Famous French philosopher, Albert Camus, - Strangest Things 00:07
Famous French philosopher, Albert Camus,
S01 • E07 [narrator] But the volcanic mirror isn't part of his cultured life - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] But the volcanic mirror isn't part of his cu...