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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!
11:22I верх that's so good!
11:23A. Scriek, hosting-up � ITS
11:28Yeah, well, hopefully not everybody!
11:31The roaring 20s are amazing!
11:35amazing but let's be honest they're not roaring for everyone in fact for some
11:41people things stink and not in a good way like a cow pop what an old fish mmm
11:48poor people are having to live in overcrowded unsafe rundown houses called
11:54slums which pretty miserable even I wouldn't want to live there and I live
11:59in a sewer I'm fabulous and our couple today Steve and Joe from Surrey want to
12:06buy 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
12:15welcome to historical location location location don't do it with us please so for
12:25value for money we're gonna be looking at a so-called rookery a charming name for a
12:30slump in 1920s East London yeah well I suppose it's got character yes try not
12:35to get any of it on issues so as you can see the room comes with both a tin bath
12:47and a rather handsome original feature easy tiger see you my new housemates well
12:53no we were thinking of buying the house for just us to live in unlikely here in
13:00the slums Joe many houses are overcrowded but the good news is he's included in the
13:06price but what's the Wi-Fi like the wifey she's dead unfortunately so she's not
13:10included sorry could we just draw attention to the freestanding totally
13:15mobile bar mean the tin can with a naked man it's a big selling point you can move
13:19it anywhere in the house and enjoy a bath wherever you like in your property once
13:22you filled it up from the only tap in the street and then warm the water through
13:25on the fire so there isn't a bathroom oh there's actually no plumbing at all or
13:31another way of looking at it every room is a bathroom so hold on where'd you go to
13:35the toilet then I'm actually really glad you asked that no one wants to use this
13:39bath water after I'm done with it there no thank you perfect that's another method of warming the
13:47water up hang on so guys is it your dream home well absolutely not all right well I'll see you out
13:55there no well there's one original feature I didn't need to see congratulations Rosemary I guess
14:09I know finally I'm married would you look at my Nigel sorry to take one of the last eligible men
14:21in the village I'm sure I'll cup no you've got to be quick Belinda because there are many more
14:28women than men these days some women are trying to steal other people's husbands I mean look at
14:32that look can't keep their eyes off him hello ladies oh it's Nigel's dad he's newly single and
14:43you are looking for a husband oh I'm sorry ducky I'm not interested oh still grieving your poor wife
14:50aren't you mr. crud nope just playing the field there's never been a better time to be a single
14:55man what with world war the Spanish flu so many young men have died and there's almost two million
15:04women out there who can't find a boyfriend the papers call them surplus women well I'm just so
15:13lucky to have my Nigel oh are you though of course it's natural for a woman to want to be married you
15:21can stay at home cook and clean well I won't be doing much of that I have a very important job
15:27she's a very talented engineer you'll have to give all that up now that you're married I'm not giving
15:33up my job okay I think we're done here you may be the best of a truly awful lot but I am not giving
15:42my job for anyone bye Nigel oh well you do welcome to the family the twenties are tough for a lot of us we
16:01haven't got much money even though we mind to spend all hours doing back-breaking work that's why we're
16:08calling a general strike we want to be paid more and treated better it's 1926 and all around the
16:16country people are stopping working in sympathy with us and as you can imagine the government are
16:23not happy about it sorting out the beefs of the past Philip the fourth of Spain this 30 years war has
16:32gone on long enough with the justice of today stop it at once or you'll get this gavel right up your
16:38Habsburgs welcome to Thai beefs with Judge Rinder the British government led by Prime Minister Stanley
16:47Baldwin is fighting millions of ordinary workers who are planning to down tools and go on a general
16:52strike in support of the miners who are fed up with the pay and conditions of their job first off
16:59everybody apologies 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 lot
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
17:32that I don't think anyone would notice that does it Prime Minister smash order order Prime Minister
17:39stop challenging that docker to a fight that's something I never thought I'd ever say again you
17:44know what fine I don't need to get involved myself anyway I've hired 50,000 special constables to take
17:51care of this lot in London alone they'll get these lazy workers back to work 50,000 whenever did you
17:57find them well a lot of them are middle-class shopkeepers and businessmen but we've also
18:02recruited from the upper classes 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 leg
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 George V on our side oh your honor these workers need support you try living on
18:35their wages 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 yeah 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
19:01you right good chair licking bring it on I cannot work in these conditions well neither can we join our
19:11strike no way why don't you join our strike I went to law school for seven years for this
19:19things are hard for many people all right but at least they've got some stuff to take their minds
19:25off it there are huge stars in the 20s like louis armstrong the comedian charlie chaplin and my
19:32personal favorite the singer dancer and political campaigner josephine baker she's american but she
19:39moved to paris to make a name for herself and she's becoming a big star mind you she does hang out with
19:46some pretty surprising characters
19:56yes miss baker may i come in oh monsieur de bell now's not a good time i'm about to go on stage to
20:01perform my act and 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 the fully berger's here to the 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
20:40pablo well if that is everything guys you have to keep it down miss baker we know you have animals in
20:48there i do not you said that you would take me to court if i kept animals in my dressing room yes and
20:53there is a snake around your neck excuse me miss baker get up sydney you're strangling me i've put the
21:01raw meat from the hotel for you miss baker who is the raw meats for um me thank you albert you're a
21:08godsend i'm gonna name my pig after you oh miss baker i know you have a pig a snake a spider monkey and
21:15the parrot in there oh you mean the cheetah got out there's a cheetah in there oh he sounds hungry
21:23hey chicken miss baker it was bad enough when you kept the pig in the kitchen but to break the
21:28doorway down to get him out i know you have animals in there i do not what proof do you have miss baker
21:34the cheetah's trying to eat the parrot albert was just joking that's it i've had enough i'm going to get
21:39to the bottom of this you'll be hearing from our lawyers ah so this is a hollywood bash is it yes oh my
21:58goodness excuse me you're charlie chaplin aren't you the amazing comedy actor oh i'm winston churchill and
22:05i'm a deep admirer of all of your films your clowning ability is beyond compare mr chaplin you wouldn't
22:11do me the the honor the privilege of perhaps doing one of your funny bits or an impression of some sort
22:17sure why not see if you can guess who this is um
22:21uh queen victoria einstein greta garbo no it's napoleon yeah that's the very next thing i was
22:33going to say took the words out of my mouth yes great do it again mr chaplin please okay right
22:43do it again do it again mr churchill please it's three o'clock in the morning no more napoleon it's
22:49such a good impression i insist that you play napoleon in your next film we'll see um i don't
22:54have a script so oh mr chaplin never fear i shall write your script so we open on napoleon and he is
23:02in a rage you can do your your famous funny walk like that yes it's perfect and he's hungry all he has
23:09to eat is a shoe like you ate your shoe in your hilarious film the gold rush oh what are you doing
23:15that was a fake shoe made of licorice for the film i'm really sorry it's getting very late so i'm
23:20going to oh don't worry i've got all night oh good lucky me so napoleon is in his bathtub just think
23:28come the comic possibilities so he's there and he's arguing with his brother and then and then
23:34napoleon splashes water all over his brother's clever it's action it's fun oh exactly that's
23:43exactly the thing wonderful wonderful slaps they do it again it's not so you're acting like a complete
23:48clown that means the world coming from you
23:57you have made my year mr chaplin
24:02hi there i'm 1920s legend gertrude stein and i spent much of my time in paris with my wife
24:09alice talkless hi there eyes on the road you know i like nothing better than being driven around
24:15the city but what surprising thing did i like to do in the car was it a cooking b writing or c doing
24:26impressions of joan of arc the answer is c doing impressions of joan of arc oh judge oh my french
24:32put them it on fire oh quit kidding around and tell them the real answer okay the real answer
24:39is beef i did some of my best writing in the car the sights and sounds of the parisian streets
24:44inspired me to come up with some of my best ideas sometimes you could even read them
24:52right on the roll
24:55paris is one of the most exciting places to live in the 1920s it's jam-packed with artists and writers
25:02like gertrude stein ernest hemingway and f scott fitzgerald together they're known as the lost
25:10generation and who better to play us out
25:16writers flocked to this town talking about lost generation and started hanging around
25:24paris 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 these 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 weight break dedication
25:55lost generation for us american expats the lost generation baby paris is where it's at
26:05homecoming way journalist and writer was held in great admiration also a handy barroom fighter useful in
26:17an altercation as scott fitzgerald author supreme great gatsby was his creation got new ideas from the paris
26:25It fueled our imagination
26:27The Lost Generation
26:29To be creatively free
26:32The Lost Generation, baby
26:34Paris is the place to be
26:43Sylvia Beach is my name
26:45Ran a bookshop on the banks of the same
26:47James Joyce, the author of Ulysses
26:50I'm actually Irish, if you please
26:52These writers often met round mine
26:55A coming together, a brilliant mind
26:57She published my greatest work
27:00I thought he was a bit of a gem
27:02The Lost Generation
27:04An intellectual melting pot
27:07The Lost Generation, baby
27:09Paris has got the lot
27:12The Lost Generation
27:14Came up with that phrase on my own
27:17America's my country, baby
27:20But France is my home
27:25Talking about Lost Generation
27:30Hello, I'm Phil
27:34What?
27:35Is it your dream home?
27:36Wah!
27:39That's me!
27:40That's something!
27:41This past is no longer a mystery
27:43Hope you enjoyed
27:44Horrible Histories!
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