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The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire

Those of you who aren't from the UK, some of you even who are, might not be aware just how...

Those of you who aren't from the UK, some of you even who are, might not be aware just how weird a thing the little City of London
is within the big London

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- Those of you who aren't from the UK,
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some of you even who are,
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might not be aware just how weird a thing
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the little City of London is within the big London.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:54
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

How Britain transformed from an imperial power to a financial power.
The City of London is a separate entity to the wider London, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
The City of London is a separate entity to the wider London,
- [Narrator] Every November, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
- [Narrator] Every November,
- The city of London has long had this curious legal status, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:20
- The city of London has long had this curious legal status,
- [Narrator] To this day, the City of London is exempt - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
- [Narrator] To this day, the City of London is exempt
Its political system derives from the Middle Ages. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
Its political system derives from the Middle Ages.
The city's electorate is dominated not by its residents, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
The city's electorate is dominated not by its residents...
Its lord mayor is selected by the heads of medieval guilds. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
Its lord mayor is selected by the heads of medieval guilds.
- They have a representative in the House of Commons - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:07
- They have a representative in the House of Commons
Apart from the clerks of the House of Commons, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
Apart from the clerks of the House of Commons,
- [Narrator] The City of London - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:14
- [Narrator] The City of London
- The Corporation of London, clearly, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:16
- The Corporation of London, clearly,
But I don't know if anyone who has studied, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:11
But I don't know if anyone who has studied,
Some people assume or surmise - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
Some people assume or surmise
It is able in one way or another to shape British policy, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
It is able in one way or another to shape British policy,
- Clement Attlee, the prime minister - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:08
- Clement Attlee, the prime minister
"Over and over again, we have seen that there is, - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:09
"Over and over again, we have seen that there is,
"The City of London, a convenient term for a collection - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
"The City of London, a convenient term for a collection
"Those who control money can pursue a policy - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:10
"Those who control money can pursue a policy
- [Narrator] At the heart of the City of London - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:06
- [Narrator] At the heart of the City of London
It is also a financial regulator. - The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire 00:05
It is also a financial regulator.