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00:00Tubeless, Groovy Greeks, Brainy Sages
00:01Need a missing middle ages
00:03Gory stories, we do that
00:05And your host, a Talking Rats
00:08The past is no longer a mystery
00:11Welcome to...
00:12Horrible Histories!
00:17Horrible Histories presents...
00:19The Roaring 1920s!
00:30Oh, what is in store?
00:36First let me tell you what has gone before
00:40I'm all ears!
00:42New World Order
00:44Falling Dynasties
00:46New Chapters for the Russians and Chinese
00:50Sounds like the bee's knees
00:51In Mexico and Europe Revolution
00:55Empires crumbling right before your eyes
00:59What a hullabaloo!
01:01Independence seemed like the solution
01:05Rulers, they were fleeing for their lives
01:09What's a king and queen to do?
01:11Einstein's theory
01:13The Titanic too
01:15Turned out that wasn't true
01:19But look on the right side
01:21Great War over
01:23No more Spanish flu
01:25Gals got the vote
01:27But there's still more to do
01:29I gotta wait till I'm 30
01:31It wasn't just a tale of mass destruction
01:35New inventions
01:37There were quite a few
01:39Ain't this the cat's pajamas?
01:41Motor cars went into mass production
01:45Dishwashers and vacuum cleaners
01:48Two
01:50Oh
01:51Boop boop be doop
01:52A new decade
01:54Twenties
01:55Here we come
01:56An era of peace and optimism
01:59Snakes can only get better
02:01Best foot forward
02:04Ninety tens can say farewell
02:06The roaring twenties are gonna be swell
02:10Yes, we're living it up
02:14100 years ago
02:16Welcome to the 1920s
02:19One of the greatest ever eras of change
02:22Here at the start of the twenties
02:24Everyone is full of hope for the world
02:26The First World War and the Spanish flu pandemic are finally over
02:30And normal life can start again
02:33One group of rich youngsters have even dedicated themselves to having fun
02:39They're racing cars, throwing parties, dressing up
02:43And generally having the best time of their lives
02:47Read all about it
02:48The outrageous young posh people who are shocking the nation
02:51And who the papers are calling the bright young things
02:54Oh, I don't know why the papers are so obsessed with that divine little treasure hunt Zita
03:00You wouldn't think that hiding sweet little clues around the city for our friends to find
03:04Would be of such interest
03:06Oh, a car!
03:10Oh, the police car
03:12Oh look, there's dozens of the chaps right now chasing after us
03:18Twisa, want to break into the Hovis factory and leave a clue in a loaf of bread
03:22Do I?
03:24Drive on, sister
03:26And would you believe it?
03:28Baron's daughter caught speeding
03:30Darling, I didn't know there were any speed limits
03:32You surely apply to people as posh as me
03:34They apply to everyone
03:36And don't think we won't look into where all those jewels came from
03:39My daddy gave me them, of course
03:41Some kind of Baron, is he?
03:43Yes, Baron Ellington is that
03:45Oh, the other one
03:47Aristocratic young ladies behave properly
03:49Everybody knows that
03:50Not anymore, darling
03:52It's the modern age
03:53Anything goes
03:54Now, take one more photo, will you sweetie?
03:56The papers will adore it
03:58There's also exclusive photos from the bright young thing's latest party
04:02What do I look like? Someone who's not rich?
04:04See ya
04:06Good to see you
04:08Wow
04:09Relax, old chap
04:11Little chap
04:12This is not a normal boring party thrown by your parents
04:15This is a party thrown by me
04:17Stephen Tennant
04:18And I know how to have fun
04:20We're young, we're rich, there's no war on
04:24And it's a wild party
04:25A wild wild west party, to be more specific
04:27Jabal! Jabal!
04:28You're wearing make-up?
04:30Of course I am
04:31It's 1920s, rules don't exist
04:34At least not for us rich youngsters
04:36We can wear whatever we want
04:38There you go
04:39It's a cowboy party after all
04:41But then what does he come as?
04:43Oh, don't mind him
04:44That's Viscount Chiddingly Right
04:46He just hasn't gone home since last week's baby party
04:49OK, everyone, smile!
04:51Read all about the bright young things
04:55Oh, look, I'm in the paper
04:57Mummy will be so proud
04:59The 20s are a time of exploration and discovery
05:07British archaeologist Howard Carter
05:09Has found and opened the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun
05:14It's full of wonderful treasures
05:16But also contains a powerful deadly curse
05:19That strikes all those who go inside
05:22Or at least, that's what some people think
05:29Hello there
05:32I'm Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
05:35Writer and creator, Sherlock Holmes
05:38Welcome to
05:40Ghosts Definitely Exist
05:45This week on Ghosts Definitely Exist
05:48The curse of
05:50The Mummy
05:52What's that, darling?
05:53Not you, Mummy!
05:55In 1923, Howard Carter, his financial backer Lord Carnarvon
06:00And Carnarvon's daughter Evelyn
06:02Entered the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun
06:05Unleashing the curse of the mummy
06:08Ooh, someone's unleashed something in here
06:11Well, it certainly wasn't me
06:13Carnarvon
06:15Daddy!
06:16After they entered the mummy's tomb
06:18The curse claimed its first victim
06:21Right outside Howard Carter's house
06:23A dead canary
06:28A dead canary
06:29Coincidence?
06:30Ha!
06:31Carter's canary was eaten by a snake
06:33And a cobra is the sign of the pharaoh
06:36Of course, it's actually pretty common for snakes to eat birds
06:40So it's hardly conclusive proof
06:42Conclusive proof there
06:44Shortly after, the mummy's curse claimed its first human victim
06:50Oh, tea! Do you want a cup of tea?
06:54Not now, mummy! I said
06:56Yes, though, please
06:58And some bickies
06:59Thank you
07:02Two months after the tomb was opened
07:04My father, Lord Carnarvon, who funded the dig, sadly died
07:08They say his death was mysterious, but we all know what happened
07:13He was bitten by a mosquito and died of the infection
07:16Plus, he was a sick old man who ignored all of his doctor's advice
07:20Personally, I don't think the curse of the mummy had anything to do with it
07:23The mummy's curse had struck again
07:25But it wasn't the only victim
07:29My own friend, Bertram Fletcher Robinson, died just three years after writing about a mummy
07:38The curse was spreading
07:40Who would be next?
07:42Next time on Ghosts Definitely Exist
07:47With me, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, more on my investigation
07:53We talk to the man at the centre of the curse
07:56Egypt expert, Howard Carter
07:59Fifty-eight people entered the tomb
08:01And only twelve of those died over the next ten years
08:04Many of them were either already ill or pretty odd
08:07I was one of the first people on the tomb, and I'm fine
08:11The curse is utter rummage
08:13La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, not listening
08:15I guess we won't be talking to him after all
08:18See you next time
08:20Unless the curse of the mummy strikes
08:23Darling, I'm popping out
08:25OK, mummy, good
08:29Don't forget the eggs
08:32This summer, the Roaring Twenties become the Exploring Twenties
08:36In a true story of courage, adventure, and an almost ridiculous disregard for safety
08:42In Transatlantic
08:44Don't worry about the plane, guys, it'll be fine
08:47Oh, um...
08:52Wait...
08:54Lindbergh, you're trying the impossible
08:56Lindbergh will be attempting to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic
09:00From New York to Paris
09:01Any malfunction will lead to almost certain disaster
09:04Yeah, but they'll give me $25,000 when I make it
09:08If you make it, at least take a parachute and a radio
09:10They'll weigh me down
09:12Don't worry, I've practiced for over an hour
09:14Huh, the flight takes 33 hours
09:17You need some safety equipment
09:19I know that
09:20I've got fine sandwiches
09:22And some cotton wool to block out the sound of the engine
09:24Whoo, it's flat
09:25Charles Lindbergh flies the Spirit of St. Louis in Transatlantic
09:30What did you say?
09:31And after 24 hours of the journey across the ocean, Lindbergh will face his darkest moment
09:36Oh no, we weak hands full
09:38Exactly!
09:39No, it is running easy!
09:40Ouch!
09:41Must be over France!
09:42Now where's Paris?
09:43Oh!
09:44Um...
09:45But with courage and determination, finally Paris Airport will be within his grasp
09:52And he won't notice
09:54He'll just fly right by it
09:56But after 33 and a half hours, a man will land and become a legend
10:01Hey!
10:02I've got his hat!
10:03And another man will steal his hat
10:05Causing people to mistakenly think he is the legend
10:08Uh, hello?
10:10Hey, guys!
10:11I'm Lindbergh!
10:12Me!
10:13Charles Lindbergh in Transatlantic
10:15Because when you've got sandwiches and a tin to win, the sky's the limit
10:19Okay, give me some privacy, I need to pee again
10:23Recording, Louis
10:24Hi
10:25I'm Louis Armstrong
10:27I rose to fame in the 1920s
10:30Becoming one of the world's most influential jazz singers and musicians
10:35Heh heh
10:36But even the best make mistakes
10:38During one recording, I dropped my music
10:41But tell me, what did I do next?
10:44Did I
10:45A. Stop the session and start again
10:48B. Sing the words of a different song
10:51Or C. Sing made-up nonsense to fill the gap
10:55Heh heh
10:56The answer is C. I made stuff up
10:59Scooby-dee-bow
11:01Shoo-wop-ba-da-ba-boo-well-sell
11:03Heh heh heh
11:04We call that Scatting the Clubs
11:06That was amazing!
11:08This is gonna be the first mainstream record ever to contain scatting!
11:13Oh, you don't want me to sing it again with the right words?
11:16No! No way!
11:17This is gonna change music forever soon!
11:20Everybody's gonna be doing it!
11:22A scream
11:24A flap
11:25A doodle-y-wip
11:26A wig a dooley
11:27It's a quarter, the flap
11:29Yeah, well, hopefully not everybody
11:32The roaring batteries are amazing, but let's be honest
11:38they're not roaring for everyone in fact for some people things stink and not in a good way
11:44like a cow pop or a rotten old fish yum poor people are having to live in overcrowded
11:52unsafe run-down houses called slums which are pretty miserable even i wouldn't want to live
11:58there and i live in a sewer hello i'm phil and i'm fabulous and our couple today steve and joe
12:05from surrey want to buy a home in east london but i can tell just by looking at their clothes that
12:10they'll never be able to afford a home in modern london so we're here in the 1920s welcome to
12:16historical location location location don't do it with us please
12:25so for value for money we're going to be looking at a so-called rookery a charming name for a slum
12:30in 1920s east london yeah well i suppose it's got character yes try not to get any of it on your
12:35shoes oh yeah she weren't lying you know yeah i'm coming i'm coming so as you can see the room comes
12:45with both a tin bath and a rather handsome original feature easy tiger so you're my new house mate whoa
12:54no we were thinking of buying the house for just us to live in unlikely here in the slums joe many
13:02houses are overcrowded but the good news is he's included in the price but what's the wi-fi like
13:07the wifey she's dead unfortunately so she's not included sorry could we just draw attention to the
13:13freestanding totally mobile bar i mean the tin can with the naked man in it's a big selling point you
13:19can move it anywhere in the house and enjoy a bath wherever you like in your property once you've filled
13:22it up from the only tap in the street and then warmed the water through on the fire so there
13:26isn't a bathroom oh there's actually no plumbing at all or another way of looking at it every room
13:33is a bathroom so hold on where'd you go to the toilet then i'm actually really glad you asked that
13:38no one wants to use this bath water after i'm done with it there no thank you perfect
13:46that's another method of warming the water up hang on
13:48so guys is it your dream home absolutely not all right well i'll see you out then
14:00well there's one original feature i didn't need to see
14:06congratulations rosemary i guess
14:09oh no finally i'm married would you look at my nigel sorry to take one of the last eligible men in
14:22the village i'm sure i'll cup no you've got to be quick belinda because there are many more women
14:28than men these days some women are trying to steal other people's husbands i mean look at that look
14:34can't keep their eyes off him hello ladies oh it's nigel's dad he's newly single and you are looking
14:44for a husband oh i'm sorry ducky i'm not interested oh still grieving your poor wife aren't you mr crud
14:51no just playing the field there's never been a better time to be a single man
14:57what with world war the spanish flu so many young men have died and there's almost two million women
15:04out there who can't find a boyfriend the papers call them surplus women well i'm just so lucky to have
15:13my nigel oh are you though of course it's natural for a woman to want to be married you can stay at
15:22home cook and clean well i won't be doing much of that i have a very important job she's a very talented
15:29engineer you'll have to give all that up now that you're married i'm not giving up my job oh you have
15:34to what aren't you lucky okay i think we're done here you may be the best of a truly awful lot but i am
15:42not giving up my job for anyone bye nigel oh well you do welcome to the family oh rosemary wait for me
15:54another man down
15:58the twenties are tough for a lot of us we haven't got much money even though we mind to spend all
16:05hours doing back-breaking work that's why we're calling a general strike we want to be paid more
16:12and treated better it's 1926 and all around the country people are stopping working in sympathy
16:19with us and as you can imagine the government are not happy about it
16:27sorting out the beefs of the past philip iv of spain this 30 years war has gone on long enough with the
16:34justice of today stop it at once or you'll get this gavel right up your hapsburgs welcome to tire
16:40beefs with judge rinder the british government led by prime minister stanley baldwin is fighting
16:48millions of ordinary workers who are planning to down tools and go on a general strike in support of
16:53the miners who are fed up with the pay and conditions of their job first off everybody
16:59apologies for the court's toilets being out of order it is i'm afraid unfortunate timing
17:07not to worry your honor we bought our own chamber pots some of us like to empty them onto that lawn
17:12over there how awful i'll tell you what's awful the government want to lower our pay and make us work
17:17longer hours not a penny off the pay not a minute on the day what does the prime minister have to say
17:22about all of this your honor these people are ruining our country with their greedy demands
17:27they're threatening to stop working for nine whole days what do you think would happen if i did that
17:32i don't think anyone would notice that does it prime minister smash order order prime minister stop
17:39challenging that docker to a fight that's something i never thought i'd ever say again you know what
17:44fine i don't need to get involved myself anyway i've hired 50 000 special constables to take care of
17:51this lot in london alone they'll get these lazy workers back to work 50 000 where did you find them
17:57well a lot of them are middle class shopkeepers and businessmen but uh we've also recruited from
18:04the upper classes hello we are members of the polo club and we signed up to keep these greedy
18:15poor folk in their places hiya such fun they gave us truncheons it's not a truncheon it's a chair like
18:23yes we ran out of truncheons okay you might have support from some in the middle and upper classes
18:27but we've got king jorge v on our side oh your honor these workers need support you try living on their
18:36wages before you judge them certainly not takes a three-week all-inclusive holiday in blackpool to get a
18:42tan like this that doesn't come cheap your honor the simple truth is we do not need these workers
18:48anyway we can just get people from higher classes to work at the docks instead well what's a doc oh
18:54one of those little furry chaps with a waggy tail that's a dog stop laughing at us or i shall give you
19:01a right good chair liggie bring it on oh i've got a poop on my head i cannot work in these conditions
19:09well neither can we join our strike no way why don't you join our strike i went to law school for seven
19:15years for this things are hard for many people all right but at least they've got some stuff to take
19:24their minds off it there are huge stars in the 20s like louis armstrong the comedian charlie chaplin
19:31and my personal favorite the singer dancer and political campaigner josephine baker she's american
19:39but she moved to paris to make a name for herself and she's becoming a big star mind you
19:45she does hang out with some pretty surprising characters
19:56yes miss baker may i come in oh monsieur now's not a good time i'm about to go on stage to perform my act
20:05and i have some friends over miss baker that sounded like a spider monkey no it was
20:11norwegian yes bjorn you may have some cake well if that is everything miss baker your singing and
20:18dancing have made you and ze fully berger's here to ze talk of paris however we do ask that you keep
20:24your animals at your apartment and not in your dressing room sure i know that no animals here
20:31hello that was my friend the painter pablo picasso he has an odd laugh who's a pretty boy then you are
20:40poor pablo well if that is everything guys you have to keep it down miss baker we know you have
20:48animals in there i do not you said that you would take me to court if i kept animals in my dressing room
20:53yes and there is a snake around your neck excuse me miss baker get off sydney you're strangling me
21:00i bought zero meat from the hotel for you miss baker who is the raw meats for um me thank you albert
21:07you're a godsend i'm gonna name my pig after you oh miss baker i know you have a pig a snake a spider
21:15monkey and a parrot in there oh you mean the cheetah got out there's a cheetah in there oh he sounds
21:21hungry excuse me hey chiquita miss baker it was bad enough when you kept the pig in the kitchen
21:27but to break the doorway down to get him out i know you have animals in there i do not what proof do you
21:33have miss baker the cheetah's trying to eat the parrot albert was just joking that's it i've had enough
21:38i'm going to get to the bottom of this you'll be hearing from our lawyers
21:53ah so this is a hollywood bash is it yes oh my goodness excuse me you're charlie chaplin aren't
22:01you the amazing comedy actor oh i'm winston churchill and i'm a deep admirer of all of your films
22:07your clowning ability is beyond compare mr chaplin you wouldn't do me the the honor the
22:12the privilege of perhaps doing one of your funny bits or an impression of some sort sure why not see
22:19if you can guess who this is um uh uh uh queen victoria einstein greta garbo no it's napoleon
22:32yeah that's the very next thing i was going to say it took the words out of my mouth yes
22:35great do it again mr chaplin please okay right do it again do it again mr churchill please
22:47it's three o'clock in the morning no more napoleon it's such a good impression i insist
22:51that you play napoleon in your next film we'll see um i don't have a script so no mr chaplin never fear
22:56i shall write your script so we open on napoleon and he's in a rage you can do your your famous
23:04funny walk like that yes it's perfect and he's hungry all he has to eat is a shoe like you ate
23:10your shoe in your hilarious film the gold rush oh what are you doing that was a fake shoe made
23:16of licorice for the film i'm really sorry it's getting very late so i'm going to oh don't worry
23:22i've got all night oh good lucky me so napoleon is in his bathtub just think of the comic possibilities
23:30so he's there and he's arguing with his brother and then and then napoleon splashes water all over
23:37his brother's clever it's action it's fun oh exactly that's exactly the thing wonderful wonderful
23:45slapstick do it again it's not true you're acting like a complete clown that means the world coming
23:54from you you have made my year mr chaplin hi there i'm 1920s legend gertrude stein and i spent much of
24:07my time in paris with my wife alice talkless hi there he's on the road you know i like nothing better
24:14than being driven around the city but what surprising thing did i like to do in the car
24:19was it a cooking b writing or c doing impressions of joan of arc the answer is c doing impressions of
24:30joan of arc oh judge oh my french put them eat on fire oh quit kidding around and tell them the real
24:36answer okay the real answer is b i did some of my best writing in the car the sights and sounds of the
24:43parisian streets inspired me to come up with some of my best ideas sometimes you could even read
24:50them right on the roll paris is one of the most exciting places to live in the 1920s
24:59it's jam-packed with artists and writers like gertrude stein ernest hemingway and f scott fitzgerald
25:08together they're known as the lost generation and who better to play us out
25:16writers flocked to this town talking about lost generation and started hanging around
25:23paris was our destination american literary types looking for new inspiration disillusioned with the
25:32stars and stripes leaving behind our nation a novelist gertrude stein writer of great reputation had these
25:42guys around all the guys around all the time dropping in for conversation i knew all the artistic
25:48great so archie had appreciation picasso and batiste were my mates for our great great dedication
25:55generation for us american expats the lost generation baby paris is where it's at
26:05the lost generation
26:11hemingway journalist and writer was held in great admiration also a handy bar room fighter
26:16useful in an altercation as scott fitzgerald author supreme great gatsby was his creation
26:23got new ideas from the paris scene it fueled our imagination
26:27the last generation baby paris is the place to be
26:43sylvia beach is my name ran a bookshop on the banks of the same james joyce the author of ulysses
26:50i'm actually irish if you please these writers often met around mine are coming together a brilliant mind
26:58she published my greatest work i thought he was a bit of a
27:02last generation an intellectual melting pot the last generation baby paris has got the lot
27:12last generation came up with that phrase on my own america's my country baby
27:21but france is my home
27:25talking about last generation
27:30hello i'm phil
27:35is it your dream home
27:40the past is no longer a mystery hope you enjoyed horrible histories
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