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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

It is our hope and intentthis matter will be brought before the UnitedNations General...

It is our hope and intent
this matter will be brought before the United
Nations General Assembly

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It is our hope and intent this matter will be brought
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before the United Nations General Assembly.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:01
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
There, the opinion of the world can be brought to bear - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
There, the opinion of the world can be brought to bear
(solemn music) - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
(solemn music)
The Suez crisis signified the end of Britain's role - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
The Suez crisis signified the end of Britain's role
- Following the crisis, there was a run - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
- Following the crisis, there was a run
Some people suspected the American government - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
Some people suspected the American government
- [Narrator] As financiers withdrew their money - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
- [Narrator] As financiers withdrew their money
To protect the value of the pound, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
To protect the value of the pound,
- They were not able to invest abroad. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
- They were not able to invest abroad.
And we don't know exactly the context, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:16
And we don't know exactly the context,
It seems that they have reached an agreement, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:28
It seems that they have reached an agreement,
- [Narrator] The banks began to create a market - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- [Narrator] The banks began to create a market
To differentiate these Euromarket activities - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
To differentiate these Euromarket activities
The Bank of England, the UK regulator, declared - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
The Bank of England, the UK regulator, declared
They were elsewhere, and therefore it had no responsibility - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
They were elsewhere, and therefore it had no responsibility
- It's about providing a legal space - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
- It's about providing a legal space
And the importance of that is - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
And the importance of that is
So you're taking activity from the place - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
So you're taking activity from the place
- [Narrator] When American banks realized - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
- [Narrator] When American banks realized
Around the same time as American banks - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:18
Around the same time as American banks
- Back in the '60s, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
- Back in the '60s,