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Time Bomb Y2K

There were people whothought gas light was safe, but electric lightwasn't very safe

There were people who
thought gas light was safe, but electric light
wasn't very safe

Full Transcript

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There were people who thought gas light was safe,
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but electric light wasn't very safe.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:17
Uploaded
Apr 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Spinning Nancy

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Movie Summary

An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.
♪ (MYSTERIOUS SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
♪ (MYSTERIOUS SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
Fulfilling absolute decree in casual simplicity. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Fulfilling absolute decree in casual simplicity.
MAN: All of this is designed to free men and women - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
MAN: All of this is designed to free men and women
Uh, it's just gonna be very gradual - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Uh, it's just gonna be very gradual
NARRATOR 1: In just two decades, the speed of computers - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
NARRATOR 1: In just two decades, the speed of computers
NARRATOR 2: At the core of our society, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
NARRATOR 2: At the core of our society,
NARRATOR 3: For just as the Industrial Revolution - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
NARRATOR 3: For just as the Industrial Revolution
NARRATOR 4: By the year 2000, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:13
NARRATOR 4: By the year 2000,
Everybody knows what's happening in every part of the world - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
Everybody knows what's happening in every part of the w...
And it's affecting every part of our lives. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
And it's affecting every part of our lives.
TV HOST: It is, ironically, that we're too well-informed, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
TV HOST: It is, ironically, that we're too well-informe...
We've lost forever, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
We've lost forever,
TV HOST: Is it gonna bring us closer together - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
TV HOST: Is it gonna bring us closer together
It can bring the world closer together, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
It can bring the world closer together,
MAN: We have become very, very dependent - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
MAN: We have become very, very dependent
We are going to be stress tested - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
We are going to be stress tested
♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
NIMOY: How could the omission of two simple digits - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
NIMOY: How could the omission of two simple digits
♪ (DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
♪ (DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
How will it affect you, your family, your community, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
How will it affect you, your family, your community,