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Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History

It kicked off a mini arms race for hand-held semi-automaticweapons

It kicked off a mini arms race for hand-held semi-automatic
weapons

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It kicked off a mini arms race
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for hand-held semi-automatic weapons.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:20
Uploaded
Oct 31, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Congo Films

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Movie Summary

Dr Sam Willis traces the history of the weapons that have shaped Britain.
S01 • E01 Is this very similar to the process - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:19
Is this very similar to the process
S01 • E03 This repeat fire began to seep down to the street - hard-hitting weapons - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:29
This repeat fire began to seep down to the street - hard-hit...
S01 • E01 St Briavels, obviously, - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:27
St Briavels, obviously,
S01 • E03 The siege began with a botched jewellery robbery - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:49
The siege began with a botched jewellery robbery
S01 • E01 If they're working 12 hours a day, which they would, - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:07
If they're working 12 hours a day, which they would,
S01 • E01 That's amazing. - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:52
That's amazing.
S01 • E01 One reasonable quarrelhead. - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:06
One reasonable quarrelhead.
S01 • E01 There we go - a quarrel. - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:09
There we go - a quarrel.
S01 • E02 ..blow your loose powder away. - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:26
..blow your loose powder away.
S01 • E02 Well, let's give it a go. OK. - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:15
Well, let's give it a go. OK.
S01 • E02 Whoof! - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:16
Whoof!
S01 • E02 Muskets could be churned out by ordinary blacksmiths. - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:14
Muskets could be churned out by ordinary blacksmiths.
S01 • E02 To be a cavalryman, you had to learn to ride. - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:17
To be a cavalryman, you had to learn to ride.
S01 • E02 English armies developed a simple, but terrifying, musket tactic. - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:18
English armies developed a simple, but terrifying, musket ta...
S01 • E01 One archer who seems to have stepped straight out of the medieval forest - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:13
One archer who seems to have stepped straight out of the med...
S01 • E03 So what effect did these weapons have on the ground at Sidney Street? - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:23
So what effect did these weapons have on the ground at Sidne...
S01 • E03 The police were woefully outgunned and they had to call in the Army. - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:26
The police were woefully outgunned and they had to call in t...
S01 • E03 The climax to this extraordinary battle was caught on film. - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:29
The climax to this extraordinary battle was caught on film.
S01 • E02 As the roar of a battle subsided, - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:35
As the roar of a battle subsided,
S01 • E01 Well, this is an actual war bow. - Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 00:42
Well, this is an actual war bow.