James Burke : Connections, Episode 7, "The Long Chain", 1 of 5 (CC)

[maxgunn555]

did these large planes last to today? or is it just ships that are used mainly?

[oker59]

"Africanist scholars John Thornton(1998) and Anne C. Bailey(2005) present contrasting views of African agency and differ in their conclusions in so far as the degree to which the African populations participated in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade; however, they concur that there was African complicity with the European slave traders. African Agency"

I seem to remember a show about the blacks beingh taken from africa mentioning that it seems that the various african tribes conspired against . .

[oker59]

@oker59 So, I did a real quick google seach and found the quote I quoted here.

[STEFAZON500]

I have to correct james 8:52 where said that Sweden and Finland got into a war, Sweden owned Finland until 1809 when Russia took over finland. Sweden was a superpower in the north during the 16th and 17th centuries, altough there were many wars during that time in the baltic so I belive that it was an honest mistake

[simplechocolatediet]

Love the video work nice keep them coming! When you have time come visit my channel!

[KevinByrne2]

Instead of a 747 jet, I think that a container ship is the modern version of the fluyt: it moves huge amounts of cargo quickly and with a small crew.

It even improves on the fluyt: the standardized containers allow easy and rapid loading and unloading of cargo by a small crew of stevedores, and the containers can either be loaded onto trains or be fitted with wheeled chassis so that they can be hauled by trucks.

[Tulipso]

The captions say "look at this broigle" while Burke actually says "look at this Breugel" (as in a painting by...)

[alpha18412]

100 tons of anything!

[tvengr4047]

Loved this series and the book too.

[manueldinhonews]

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[emanueldinhonews]

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[listen2this]

"But the deal that made England great, kidnap africans sell them in Barbados for sugar, sell that in the Americas for tobacco and make yourself a million." Let that one resonate. What are the foundations of American power?

[qlight]

We do not have freshstrawberries in the winter in Finland. What can science do to help us?

[AppleSouffle]

Does anyone know in which episode of Connections James talks about British anti-aircraft guns? I've been studying The Battle of Britain and The Blitz.

Thank you :)

[craigcinca]

Would have loved to hear Burke lecture. Brilliant guy and funny, perfect prescription for a stand out professor.

[JamesBMotion]

If I hear anything about any up-coming lectures / book signings etc, be sure I will post it on the main channel page.

- JBW

[ricsibacsi1956]

The Antonov is the big boy now,ever seen one of these in operation? 6 T90 tanks or anything of the same weight in one plane.

[Monkor001]

do you know where I can go to donate money to james burke?

[JamesBurkeWeb]

[three w's] [fullstop] "k-web" [fullstop] [3 letter sequence meaning "organization"] I suppose.

[JamesBurkeWeb]

I found a trick...

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[myytname]

I love these programs.

[krrrruptidsoless]

I just realized that if cargo jets somehow lost their cargo over a residential area the damage would be horrible. Your sitting at home and a container lands on you. Anyway I got to this to find out how big the actual crews were on wooden boats back in the day. Just watching a movie and realized how many people are working. In the movies there is no one sleeping. They work all the time. I know it's a movie. But how many people were actually needed to man the sails 24 7. In the day.

[JamesBurkeWeb]

I'm not sure... look up Fluyt I guess.

A quick search reveals about 10 total. But again, I'm not 100% sure.

[Scientior]

@krrrruptidsoless

Taking specifically of Dutch fluits it rather depends on the type, since they varied depending on the sort of trade they were built for (eg. grain ships, timber ships, whalers, navy supply tenders etc etc). As an example; in 1640 Dutch fluits in the Norwegian timber trade had crews of 12 to 14 men. A French report of 1696 says(or rather "complains") that they could get by on as few as 7 men when a comparable French ship would need at least 12 men.

[hdtwoodsman]

I stumbled upon Burke thru my public library. He's fantastic. If I had kids I'd make them watch this series.

[lesterclaypool1]

like how ? you d force them with a gun or some thing ? or just threaten them ? i like your thinking ,,,, but i would just ask them ,,,kids like to learn when its fun ,,,,lol

[hdtwoodsman]

Perhaps we had a different experience, but my father rarely watched TV w/ us. If he had said: 'Sit down and enjoy this w/ me' I would have gladly done so.

[nergvol]

Could sell his clothing on ebay for tidy sum, would be another slice of history

[ancalites]

Fluytes rocked

[JamesBurkeWeb]

Hahaha... that's a good one! Must remember.

Or maybe instead "quote of the day" I should have "comment of the day" on the main channel page.

- JBW

[RobnJake]

I wish I could own a 747. I'd settle for a 37 though.

[JamesBurkeWeb]

Don't you mean a 7337 ;)

- JBW

Now come the screams... quivering. Apologies in advance! Just couldn't help myself.

[Hoogliette]

Thanks JBW in light of more knowledge there are not many science programmes that stay current after 30 years - Connections does :)

[JamesBurkeWeb]

It certainly does. And this one happens to be my personal favourite ;)

Enjoy the rest of it!

- JBW

[Imoish]

God I love this series so much. I am so happy to have found it again. Thank you JBW, you have done real good!

[JamesBurkeWeb]

You're more than welcome. I hope you share this channel with others. I'm not sure what will happen when the design switch occurs but I can say that I won't be hanging around adding features and what not. Too bad really...

- JBW

[Willowdared]

I loved this show!

[JamesBurkeWeb]

No need for the past tense I hope!

- JBW

[Willowdared]

Now that I know it's on the web, I plan on revisiting each episode, this time with my son.

I still have the companion book too.

I was actually looking for something about Vikings when I came across the link....talk about Connections!

It's so easy to take the everyday conveniences for granted, I found a new appreciation for all those work-a-day geniuses after watching this series.

[TheMeckMan]

Any idea what the song is at the start of the film will James is in the 747? I like it and have been trying to find out for some time...

[JamesBurkeWeb]

You know I've posed this question to YouTube! An Audio search feature. Select a clip and enter a few phrases that might narrow it down.

They already have an audio-matching system in place but it's only used to auto-discover copyright infringements. I think that same feature could be put to positive use as well.

I'm hoping they get back to me on that suggestion because as it is, we're in the 15th century wrt. music. We have to rely on "old people's memories" to find answers to those questions.

[jmlsalas]

Hi, I need subtitles for Connections 1 Episodes 3 to 10, please, i don't much speak english but i can read it. If you have it, i need it.

thanks for you help.

[JamesBurkeWeb]

I've been meaning to do that, but it is very time consuming... I am not aware of any places where I can find a transcript. I'll check though, if I find a transcript then it should be easy to add them.

- JBW