Wahey! Let's go and have a look. Yeah. We've actually gone through bothsides with this...
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Wahey! Let's go and have a look. Yeah. We've actually gone through both
sides with this one. Look at that! And that must have taken an enormous
amount more energy to have done that. You can see how
the mail is gripping the shaft. You've still gone through that far. But the real thing with the
heavy war arrows, it's gone through two thicknesses
and through the target that we were shooting at, which is quite a dense
piece of material. So, if I now pull this one out, we've gone that far instead. Yeah, rather than that. So, it really is an extraordinary
weapon, that, isn't it? Yeah, but, of course, you've got to
understand, this is at close range. What we really want to see is what
it's like when we shoot at long distance because that's when this
weapon really comes into its own
sides with this one. Look at that! And that must have taken an enormous
amount more energy to have done that. You can see how
the mail is gripping the shaft. You've still gone through that far. But the real thing with the
heavy war arrows, it's gone through two thicknesses
and through the target that we were shooting at, which is quite a dense
piece of material. So, if I now pull this one out, we've gone that far instead. Yeah, rather than that. So, it really is an extraordinary
weapon, that, isn't it? Yeah, but, of course, you've got to
understand, this is at close range. What we really want to see is what
it's like when we shoot at long distance because that's when this
weapon really comes into its own
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Wahey!
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Let's go and have a look. Yeah.
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We've actually gone through both
sides with this one.
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Look at that!
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And that must have taken an enormous
amount more energy
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to have done that. You can see how
the mail is gripping the shaft.
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You've still gone through that far.
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But the real thing with the
heavy war arrows,
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it's gone through two thicknesses
and through the target that we were
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shooting at, which is quite a dense
piece of material.
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So, if I now pull this one out,
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we've gone that far instead.
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Yeah, rather than that.
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So, it really is an extraordinary
weapon, that, isn't it?
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Yeah, but, of course, you've got to
understand, this is at close range.
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What we really want to see is what
it's like when we shoot at long
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distance because that's when this
weapon really comes into its own.
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Movie Summary
Dr Sam Willis traces the history of the weapons that have shaped Britain.
