James Burke Connections - 09 Countdown
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- čas přidán 20. 04. 2024
- Burke connects the invention of the movie projector to improvements in castle fortifications caused by the invention and use of the cannon. The use of the cannon caused changes in castle fortifications to eliminate a blind spot where cannon fire could not reach. This improvement in castle defence caused innovation in offensive cannon fire, which eventually required maps. Thus, a need arose to view and map locations (like a mountain top) from a long distance, which led to the invention of limelight light source, and later the incandescent light. Burke turns to the next ingredient for a movie projector, film. Film is made with celluloid (made with guncotton) which was first invented as a substitute for ivory in billiard balls. Next was the invention of the zoopraxiscope which was first used for a bet to see if a horse's hooves all left the ground at any point while galloping. The zoopraxiscope used frame-by-frame pictures and holes on the side to allow the machine to pull the film forward. Communication signals for railways using Morse's telegraph led to Edison discovering how to speak into a microphone creating bumps on a disc that could be played back-the record player. This final ingredient gave movies sound. In summary, Burke connects the invention of the movie projector to four major innovations in history: the incandescent light, the discovery of celluloid, the projector that uses frame-by-frame pictures on celluloid, and finally, recorded sound.
I watched this today in 2024, after my car (a Tesla with FSD) drove itself (and me) home. It was also on a day when I first spoke with GPT4o, a nice rather humorous and joyfully aware woman voice who was really a computer who quite literally did 90% of the work to write a report that I have been working on. Yet I also remember watching this program in England when it first aired. JB's last statements are as profound today as they were when I first heard them in 1978. Amazing! This show will never date - a true classic.
As a child Actor I worked on Episode 06"Thunder In The Sky" made in 1976, and shown in 1978, playing a Saxon child, I have clips of the scenes and information on making it, in one of the nostalgic videos of working in the TV & Film industry, on my channel, if anyone is interested, originally I uploaded the full episode but it was stopped by YT, so I did the edited version to get around it at the time, so why some can and some can't upload?, I will never understand YT policies.
Nice to know.
Connections was an excellent documentary series hosted by an always pithy James Burke. You always got the sense he was challenging your way of thinking.
Remember this series, one of the best I ever saw, thanks Mr. Burke and PBS
Even Frank Zappa loved James' 2 shows- Zappa dedicated his album Civilization to James - James Burke was a trailblazer- combining history and science like no one has since.
Some of the best TV has to offer, the whole series.
Quality show I loved when I was young. And from an adult point of view - quality outfit, James!
As a teen I planned on watching each episode so I could amaze or bore school friends. Still leaning from the episodes.
My grade school teacher played the whole series over the course of a few weeks. My classmates were usually bored, but I could not wait to see it and explain why they should be blown away too.
@@nicholashylton6857 Most people are dullards, frankly. The sooner you realize that, the happier you are as you don't expect too much. I'm sorry if that comes off as elitist, lol.
As a kid in the 70s-80s this show was one of my favorites. It made History fascinating
I loved this series growing up too. It showed me the history of... well... anything, is a long and winding road. Not simply a linear A to B to C progression.
Too bad nowadays that we do not have history shows as well produced, written and hosted as this one was back in the 1970’s.
Filmed with a potato and watched on a turnip... back in the day.
Yet, here I am watching it again like it's new.
@@CraftAero because we have went from 3 channels to 250 channels and still nothing is on.
This man was instrumental in my education choices back in the 1960's and 1970's I'm Just retired and would dearly love to meet this man- who is now 87 yrs young,
I saw this as a younger lad. Good show, interesting ideas.
I saw this and remember most of it from 50? years ago. THAT's how good this stuff was.
@@occamraiser It showed me how interconnected things are. I was FDNY Capt and survived 9/11. I ended up writing a History series tracing 9/11 back to WW I, when Ottoman Empire was broken up. Connections
I watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon from my Dad's living room floor. We were cheering, and it was glorious.
I was six. I remember it, mostly. My grandfather was convinced that they would sink into the moon dust and die.
Remember it. Was only 3 years old. People thought that something might attack the astronauts.
@@sartainja I was just worried that they might get stranded. But it was amazing to watch.
Today my "phone" can pull a GPS map of, not only the house I was in (still there), but the area of that house where I actually sat and watched the original moon landing... within a few feet.
Little did we know the "trickle-down" of technology to come from the knitted-bead ROM computers on board.
Fun Fact: James Burke was the broadcaster for the BBC when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon.
As a child this man provided more education for me than schools ever did....
Onebof my early Heroes ...
His "Day The Universe Changed" is even better.
They are simply incredible.
Both are awesome.
Watched this in high school and it was discussed in history class.
And this is one of the reasons I worship the BBC. Anyone who wants all TV to be commercial wants to live in a world of wannabe celebrities who think that being famous is the same as being important.
But, I have to admit that the program should have been called 'interesting stuff, selected for having some tenuous links'. :)
A great series. I hope you upload the rest , his sequels C2, C3 and his Day The Universe Changed as well.
Like so many, I watched two guys walking on the moon July 22 1969 🎉❤😊
Yep, there's fewer and fewer of us every year.
Yes
I've heard it said that James Burke was the United Kingdom's version of Walter Cronkite.
If only there was a word for 1000 million...
Most Excellent ¿
At 45:00 "Planned Obsolescence" explained - 50 years ago, and it is still valid as if it was yesterday
Its even more valid now as modern technology gives us stuff that is purpose designed to last 14 months, just beyond its warranty. We have things such as lead free solder and plastic that clips together once and then cannot be opened without breaking it are prime parts of that process. Look at many cars that rust suddenly and fatally at 6 years old. Even paint that fades and flakes inside 2 years.
When James was summing up Edison's ethos, he forgot one thing: Steal other people's ideas so you can make the money they should have.
If only you were as smart
@@strawman6085 You can't even recall your own name.
@@MichaelKingsfordGray And you can't even make a decent argument.
@@strawman6085I agree with you. The host would also but he is old if alive. 😢
At 63 years old I finally know what Lyme light actually is?!?
"Lyme", unfortunately, is a disease.
Lime (light) is what you were looking for.
The opening scene took 6 months to film. He was bald when they began.
thanks dad for working to put americans on the moon
Oh! Damn it!
They lost the technology and now they cant go ''back to the moon'' 55 years later!
They should be more carefully next time!
🤣🤣🤣
Philo Farnsworth invented television and Vladamir Zvorkin took Philo's idea and modified enough of the design to avoid patent infringement, essentially stealing his idea. But the true inventor of raster scan television was Farnsworth, who thought of the concept while plowing successive rows in a farm field.
What about Baird?
That's why we bought A PHILCO television.
@@MichaelKingsfordGray Logie Baird is alive and happily living in Jellystone Park with his sidekick Boo-Boo.
The words British and genius should never be uttered without the word comic between them. A British genius is like a British dentist.
???? Explain, please.
Isaac Newton. Shakespeare. Alan Turing. George Orwell. Logie Baird. And all of the comic geniuses too.
LOL It's 2024 guys.
Are we still going to talk like the moon landing was real?
If it wasn't, it should have been.
True that. Everyone knows they really landed on Mars and filmed it in Black and White so it looked like a moon landing.
Are we still going to talk like you're real?
It's funny to listen to Burke talk about how it was an unbelievable achievement, yet he fully believes it.