The Day the World Took Off. Part 1

[bazza230567]

Before tea we drank beer, the water was boiled.

[dunnichen685]

(25.25) "Tea, which was drunk by these two Islands in great quantity, England and Japan" Alan MacFarlane. Who was teased so much about his Scottish name in his posh schools. So to survive he had to become more English than the English. And more of a little Englander, than the most xenophobic little Englander.

[Akatsukik13]

45:10 "If we like whales, then we keep them alive.

But we do it for us, we don't do it for the whales." ;)

[alizkael]

we let the whales live cause we want to. lol

[lunchbox69mofo]

APW

[lettermen1]

Fascinating! I live less than 2 miles from the Sankey Viaduct seen at 31:40.

[iCresselia]

I love the background music that goes "One...two...one...two....left­...right...left...right..."

I wonder if I can find an MP3 of it somewhere?

[lostmatches]

Thank you for uploading I have looked for this for so long

[Sarapppppp]

wow!!! this is priceless!!! thank you!!! you should be given an award for uploading this!!!!

:O)

xxxxx

[feonixbn2]

Thanks so much for this ayabaya. I have been trying to get hold of this excellent series for years. Suprised it has never been repeated on British tv. Do you have all 6 progs?

[Gaur1983]

I remember this being repeated on channel 4.

It was in the middle of the night though! It's the most thought provoking piece of tv I've ever seen and one of the best things channel 4 has ever done.I've downloaded all 6 episodes from ayabaya on youtube, using realplayer.

[Gaur1983]

If you google:

the day the world took off

at the top of the results,you can also find the videos on the Dspace at Cambridge website.

[zmantsunami]

lol 47:40 STAND FOR!!!! its like hes talking directly to you mike 0_o

[psionicX]

wow, that was a great video. it was such a STANDFOR . . . this video was a lot better than the burke video on the industrial revolution

[x3ssp92x3]

What's a standfor? =)

[psionicX]

why, holding music of course!

[Gaur1983]

What are you on about,psionicX?

A stand is for holding sheets of music.Right?

You mean this video forms a structure on which you can hold your thoughts on the industrial and economic development of society?Please clarify!

[IKnowULoveMe]

oh, you don't know mike. This is his bad joke, he goes "such and such, you're such a standfor!" and the person is supposed to reply "What's a standfor" so he can answer "holding music!" You'll have to excuse his terrible sense of humor. Good job michael, you're confusing the masses

[psionicX]

I believe you misunderstand me; my colleagues and I are historians in the Health & Industry Program (HIP), and we like to use the term "standfor" as a representation that the Industrial Revolution did actually "stand-for" the catalyst in industry throughout the world, and the "holding music" comment shows the social effects of the revolution regarding romanticism and such.

[psionicX]

You seem to misunderstand me. My colleagues and I are historians of the Health & Industry Program (HIP) at Brown University; we use the term "standfor" as a representation of the fact that the Industrial Revolution served as a catalyst for the spread of industry throughout the world. The response "holding music" was simply a pun-of-sorts which shows the social effects of the revolution such as the development of romanticism.

[IKnowULoveMe]

shut up Michael

[conoba]

This documentary has quality. I always been interested in the times of industrial revolution. Thank you for sharing this.

[mrtdot]

sweet vid, thanx for the post!

[ahmetabbasoglu]

I was waiting for this eagerly. Another generous effort by the professor. It must be sort of a compilation of various clips that i have watched earlier in his channel. BRavo!

[ayabaya]

Thanks. Yes it is - and I have now put up parts two and three (the latter, just now...) I hope you enjoy them.

[SirHappyThe1st]

@ayabaya

Fantastic series. I didnt think i`d find this on youtube. You have done a great service for mankind by uploading this thanks a lot.

[allahoakbar789]

fantastic video i really found it helpful for my studies. I checked other videos that u put on but they werent long enough, this was just perfect.