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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

And it's all beingpromoted in the interests of the City of London

And it's all being
promoted in the interests of the City of London

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And it's all being promoted in the interests
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of the City of London.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:03
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
What you're seeing is basically - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
What you're seeing is basically
You've had initially occupation and resource extraction. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
You've had initially occupation and resource extraction...
And through that process, countries like Britain, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:15
And through that process, countries like Britain,
- [Narrator] The City of London - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
- [Narrator] The City of London
As Britain's empire declined, the city transformed itself - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:13
As Britain's empire declined, the city transformed itse...
Former insignificant outposts of empire became the basis - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:15
Former insignificant outposts of empire became the basis
Today, 25% of the international finance is conducted - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
Today, 25% of the international finance is conducted
Almost half of the world's secrecy jurisdictions are - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
Almost half of the world's secrecy jurisdictions are
Up to half of all offshore wealth may be hidden - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
Up to half of all offshore wealth may be hidden
Financial services is how Britain's elites - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:19
Financial services is how Britain's elites
Together they have transformed Britain and its dependencies - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:18
Together they have transformed Britain and its dependencies