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Icons of Turin
Italy
Приєднався 14 жов 2011
Short documentaries that address different aspects of Turin's past and present.
We celebrate the people and the artefacts that have made Turin.
We celebrate the people and the artefacts that have made Turin.
The Motya Youth, who was this young man from 2500 years ago?
We investigate the identity of this 2500 year old statue. We travel to interview experts and explore the find site. We carry out our own research and reacher own surprising conclusion. Join us on our journey and see if you agree!
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Відео
History Documentary: the unique story behind this beautiful marble statue
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We investigate the story behind the young man who inspired this amazing marble statue. Found in Sicily and dating from the 5th century BC the statue is one of the finest examples of Greek art to have survived intact. We speak to experts, examine the find site and carry out research. We come to our own surprising conclusions about the life and identity of the young man.
Garibaldi: Italian hero or British pawn?
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In 1860 Garibaldi, with a thousand men, conquered Sicily and the Southern half of Italy. How did he achieve this incredible feat of arms? Alone? Or with the secret help of Great Britain?
La Cimprina, Dani's Classic Fiat 500
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The Nuova Fiat 500 designed by Dante Giacosa in 1957 I investigate the car by visiting Turin. I meet Dani, whose family have owned a Nuova 500 since it was first bought by his grandfather over fifty years ago.
The Education of John Elkann
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John Elkann’s personal journey over 20 years, taking him from a sheltered and shy young man to heading up one of the world’s largest family businesses. Exor, his family's business owns Fiat, Chrysler, Ferrari, the Economist, la Stampa, Juventus and Partner Re
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Per essere un ragazzo nato aNew york ,e vissuto gran parte della giovinezza all estero ha stranamente una pessima pronuncia dellaingua inglese.
I believe with Garibaldi the cause was just to unify Italy but with Cavour and Vittorio Emanuele II they looted southern Italy. Sicily had many advanced teachings from the Arabic world. Naples was quite advanced. The north moved all the industries to the north and of course stole the gold. The house of Savoia soon plunged Italy into WW1 which was a blood bath for small gains in land. Also cause by Great Britain 🇬🇧 and WW2 Vittorio Emanuele III got played by Benito Mussolini and Italy was thrown into WW2 which they lost resulting in a war torn country. I believe The Savoia family losing the throne was a was well deserved. Vittorio Umberto II was secretly gay. To this day the officers of the Italian military are mainly from the north. I believe the south should break off and do it’s own thing. Also The Roman empire never collapsed it just turned into the Vatican church.
Pace all'anima tua.. ma hai fatto un lavoro pessimo... ha venduto le fabbriche italiane all'Olanda... non segue la Juve... pessimo menager.... niente a che vedere con Gianni.. Che ci metteva la faccia.. lo vediamo raramente in tv.. e le poche volte che si fa' vedere non ha il carisma del nonno... non positivo!!!
It’s well known that the British paid off military leaders of the kingdom of two Sicilys if they would surrender to garibaldi
It’s a possibility for sure. But I was unable to find factual evidence of this.
@@iconsofturinAs you won't find any evidence of Lenin being a German pawn etc. As you won't find about most of the propaganda against Che, or Robespierre. These are the kind of people that Imperialist Anglo-Saxon propaganda fears the most. But times change and these types of MEN will hopefully one day return..
sure , u recapitalized with the italian people savings....
History shows us that public investment in privately owned strategic industries pays off for the public good. A recent example being Tesla
Ma.vaffanculo ..il karma ti fara ilculo
Bella roba
It was in their interests to have Garibaldi land, so technically both correct. But it was a lie that the British were there simply to protect British private property, they there to protect British political interests. That is, of having a strong nation in central Europe and the Mediterranean region that could counterbalance the big powers of France and Austria.
Absolutely agree.
Filmato vergognoso , una persona che ha rubato alla madre , che ha approfittato della famiglia , ha dismesso e venduto ai francesi , è indagato dalla procura di Torino per truffa fiscale , ma chi l’ha girata questa cagata di video . Ci hanno messo anche il fenomeno di Montezemolo che ha l’atteggiato due condanne perché prendeva mazzette dagli imprenditori per farli riceve da Agnelli .
John Elkann: uomo di finanza (Exor)
Probably what was needed for Fiat. He takes care to surround himself with excellent product people.
Making a “woke”e lectric FIAT 500 was a mistake in my CEO humble view. It looks horrible. I also wonder how much it cost to replace the battery. Also, it turned out that getting rid of these batteries is a huge environmental threat. To revive the FIAT 500 is of course a success story, but why messing with it and build an electric car and follow the followers just because of climate change? Volkswagen did it too and look where they at now.
Well:… as my film showed I bought one. I’m still a big fan after three years use. I actually love the look. But that’s personal taste. I do like its small size. Good range on a relatively small battery
@@iconsofturin I definitely get one too in red but used one, 2015 - 2020 model, they are cute for sure and the best retro look for sure. But I am also loving the first generation 500.
Pronunciation perfect, commenti stupidissimi
Quante minkiate in questi commenti
That’s the point of comments My film didn’t convince most Italians.
What a lovely 30 mins La famiglia Agnelli 🙌
Thank you!
Piccoli delinquentelli ben cresciuti. Comunque ha la faccia di cazzo come tutti loro…
Se fosse vivo tuo nonno… chissà se sarà orgoglioso di te… da tutti i punti di vista…?!🤔🤔🤔
Two different people, living in two different eras. I like to think his Nonno would be proud of him.
There are many things that aren't true in this video. Most of the Italians in the south at that time didn't care less of the so called unification of italy That in fact was an aggression of the savoy to the kingdom of Napoli. The bourbons weren't dispotic ike the history written by the winner describes. The southern kingdom wasn't poorer of the other Italian states as a fact the kingdom had 550 millions liras while all the other little states together had 220 millions. The repression of the savoy was brutal, thousands of people were killed or deported, women and young girls raped. British had many interests in contrast with Naples the first was the competition of the mercantile navy of Naples, the second in Europe, to the British mercantile navy also considering the imminent opening of the Suez canal. Last but not least important, do you really think that a thousand men bad equipped could defeated an army of 170.000 professional soldiers well equipped if previously the high level of the soldiers of the kingdom of Naples hadn't been corrupted? Also guess who were the corrupters.
You make some good points. I have always found it unbelievable that the thousand could win. That’s why I did the research and made the film
Admiral Nelson was a good customer of those British wine merchants at Marsala, namely Messrs Woodhouse & Co, who in 1898 still had a framed hand-written order from him dated 1799 for 500 pipes of Marsala Wine. Nelson had of course recently been created Duke of Bronte in Sicily by the king for having evacuated the royal family from Naples to Palermo, on HMS Vanguard, fleeing from Napoleonic forces invading from the north. He first met Lady Hamilton in the royal court at Naples, her husband was the British ambassador, and she played a key role on board HMS Vanguard during the fierce storm they encountered. In fact the king's 6 year old son died in her arms during the voyage, of exhaustion. Very tragic.
Edoardo Vitale, the gentleman (Sud e Civiltà channel) at 12:50 is clearly a fierce Neapolitan nationalist, which is fine, but of course he has a political agenda, which you picked up on. I think the excerpt is from his video "GARIBALDI E L'INGHILTERRA. Quello che non dicono", which makes some good points, some a bit absurd. I hope he does not succeed in turning Sicilians into Anglophobes with his rhetoric. I don't think the Neapolitan monarchy was at all popular in Sicily at the time of Garibaldi's invasion, hence why there was so little resistance. I assume a clever man like Garibaldi had assessed what resistance he was likely to meet and was not taking his "Mille" to be massacred. If Britain had promised to protect his landing, surely a larger fleet would have been sent to make sure of the job? Merely protecting a few British merchants would not have required a large fleet, they would not have been in any obvious danger. Would not any secret papers have come out by now? Certainly there would have been some papers in the Foreign Office, which would have passed their secrecy period by now? Maybe no researchers have been looking for them. Great video, thanks.
l'idiota che ha distrutto l'automotive made in Italy
The real story it is narrated in the video:"Regno delle due Sicilie Ass.Sentimento Meridiano Dott.A.Romano da Stato Avanzato a colonia",with proves from the milit.,univers.,and other archives,interesting also the video:"L'Inghilterra contro il Regno delle due Sicilie--unita'd'Italia made in London",the video:"I Primati del Regno delle due Sicilie",the video:"Ruberie dei Mille,Ippolito Nievo e la prima strage di stato",the book:"Cronaca civile e militare delle due Sicilie sotto la Dinastia borbonica",del prof.Luigi Del Pozzo,the book:"La storia proibita.Quando i piemontesi invasero il sud",of the Prof.Romano,the book:"Il Regno delle due Sicilie.Tutta la verita'",of the Prof.Gustavo Rinaldi,the video:"La piu'grande rapina della storia 3",the video:"L'attacco dello stato all'industria meridionale",the video:"Regno delle due Sicilie--citazioni illustri",parte 1,2 e 3,the video:"La storia oscura di Garibaldi,uomo spregiudicato che la storia ce lo presenta come eroe,ma........",the book:"Garibaldi.L'invenzione di un eroe",of the historian Lucy Riall,the book:"Garibaldi,Fauche'ed i predatori del Regno del sud",the video:"Le condizioni del Mezzogiorno negli atti ufficiali del primo Parlamento italiano",the video:"034 Le pillole di Angela/Garibaldi libertador",etc.etc.
Thanks for your recommendations
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+ Utterly untrue. In fact Gianni's will gave the controlling interest to his daughter, Margherita......she was in control until the longtime associates of Gianni convinced his widow, Marella, to give her shares to her grandson, Margherita's son, John. Thence John had the controlling interest over his mother. The lawsuit initiated by Margherita is over transparency and the dis-inheritence of the five half-siblings of John, from his mother's second marriage.
That's very interesting. I will definitely take a look into your comments
Con i soldi del governo italiano siete andati avanti e tanto altro. Ci vuole coraggio a dire certe cose.....
Questo erede, non rispetta certamente la volonta dell'avvocato. La tragica fina dell'automoblistica made in italy e' opera sua. Per quanto mi riguarda non ha un cuore italiano.
john , ti auguro di goderti la vita . smantella tutto e goditela. tutti vorremmo essere john
So pleased you enjoyed it Maralyn. It was such fun making it. Paul and I are nearly finished with our next film. Hope you enjoy it as well. Steve
Absolutely love everything about this. The passion, the location, the history, the research/detective work, the great minds trying to find out about the young man from Motya………then a glorious photo of David Beckham in his underwear and the delicious fact that it was the cafe owner who provided such a wonderful epitaph for the young man from Motya. Bravo👏🏻💛🕺
He is a worthy successor of his grandfather. This was a fascinating video that I didn’t expect to watch.
So glad you enjoyed the video
Excellent work. Very interesting and informative alhora 🙂👍👍thanks for the work
Glad you enjoyed the video!
As soon as I saw the carved representation of the fine fabric and heard about the Motyan cloth, I saw that as a major element. Looking at the garments on the charioteer statues, their fabric is coarse by comparison. So, well done, gentlemen. An excellent presentation.
Thanks for your comment, Linda. We had great fun making the film and are pleased you enjoyed it. A new one is out soon.
I love my FIAT TIPO MULTIJET2
John Elkann è un "liquidatore" e sta facendo il duo lavoro molto bene piano piano,un pezzo per volta sta vendendo tutto l'impero che il nonno aveva creato,pendo che Juventus sarà la prossima forse terra Ferrari ....forse tutto per compiacere azionisti che vogliono soldi a qualsiasi costo,la Fiat è di proprietà Francese che ucciderà i marchi italiani restando di fatto insieme ai tedeschi l'unico costruttore di auto in Europa
Ma andate a quel paese ... 💪
Sergio Marchionne, a super executive person, then when he passed away, just only two years later from his lost, was forgotten from John Elkann, totally. This is the way, from the very beginning, how this Conglomerate uses the others (as its country, Army, blue and white collars and suppliers) as a merely numbers. A locust approach to the business in general, to the automotive industry culture and the most important thing:: ethic.
A gripping little investigation with a satisfying conclusion. Top work.
That’s fascinating! I’d never seen this fabulous statue or even heard of Motya. A very informative film.
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Thank you for this video
My pleasure, Steve
Very interesting and new to me. I'm wondering how that mass of marble could stand (for long), on its two slim marble ankles.
This is Steve. Thanks for taking the time to watch our film. I think the sculptor would have been aware of mechanics and would have learned to ensure optimal weight distribution. This would limit the so the strain on the ankles.
Love it! Hope to see more😊
I have another filmed on an equally fascinating topic. Editing it now
Very fine presentation Sir...youve earned a sub here 👌
Thanks so much! Steve
He was also a warrior in South America revolution in 1830 to 1840. Was this a British plot too ??
That something I haven’t investigated. Could be true but I just don’t know.
I have often suspected that he was funded by the British Empire. A manufactured hero.
I agree he was possibly funded by the British Empire. I wouldn’t call him manufactured. He was a true hero for me
@@iconsofturin Garibaldi was the disposable useful idiot. he was pursuing exactly what the british were looking for without exposing too much the british involvments and interest. Just perfect and in fact most of the italians are still unaware of it. In a sense you can see that also Adolf Hitler followed the same line. The disposable useful idiot to pursue a bloody war between the 2 biggest land powers. Music to the ears of the biggest sea power (UK)
This is a shit history channel......................................Ah cazzariiii........
Excellent Conversation. When I learned about Garabaldi's landing in high school here in the US, I was always mystified, by how one man at the head of a thousand-strong force united Italy. I always figured the Italian nationalistic zeal was such that it simply swept the Italian city-states away. I had never given it more thought because I was more interested in Middle Eastern History in the wake of the Arab Spring. After doing a little research of my own I believe it to be plausible to say that Britain aided Italian unification, but had indeed engineered it. They may have engineered it with the help of Guisseppe Garabaldi the ’father of fatherlands’. As a merchant, Garibaldi became ‘radicalized’ delivering a shipment of oranges to Russia by a member of the Young Italians. Upon return to Genoa Garibaldi met Guisseppe Mazzini and began organizing with the republican movement. He was so dedicated to the cause he would eventually be captured and exiled for beginning an insurrection with Mazzini. From these facts we can surmise his desire for Italian Unification was genuine, but whether it was a marriage of convenience or a ‘radical’ recruited by the foremost global power of the period. After all, Mazzini had been exiled to Britain and was uncompromising in his desire to cast down the Monarchy and opt for a Republic. He would return in 1848 a year infamous for rebellion and revolution. While his name is spoken often in the same breath as Garibaldi the achievements of the two men are starkly different. While he was gifted at organizing and mobilizing his fellow Italians for the unification of the nation his ideological purity when it came to accepting a constitutional monarchy and his inexperience in military matters relegated him to the position as a figurehead tool of ideological idealism. A mere liberal figure of insignificance was used as a pawn to recruit the ‘radicals’ throughout the peninsula for the cause of Italian Unification. His unwillingness to compromise would largely be the reason he would not receive a position in Italy’s nascent government. It also may have been that he tried to organize insurrections against the constitutional monarchy in Sciliy as Italy was on the verge of unification. He opted to double down on his desire for a republican Italy and then to see it unified under a king. A laudable goal if there ever was one, but an outlandish one at the time. Today Italy is a republic, but I have an inkling if Mazzini were to see it he may have killed himself. A republic, that has produced 68 governments in 76 years. I’m sure the sight of Berlesconi or learning what a Bunga Bunga party was alone would have driven him mad. He was roughly aligned with Garibaldi and the two knew each other well. Garabldi was exiled but chose not to go to Britain, but elected to go to South America and aided revolutions and secession of many states namely Uruguay. I'm convinced their had to be some organized effort on part of Britian to foster Italian Unification and figure like Garibaldi Ill explain in the comments.
Now a moment for a little background on the region Garibaldi is voyaging off to. Uruguay is an interesting choice because Montevideo is a hub for British commercial interest and several prominent British families settled in Montevideo. Moreover, Uruguay provided Britain with an opportunity any empire simply can turn down. For centuries the Spanish Colonial governments were barred from trade with any other nation, but its colonial master Spain. This relegates most of South and Meso-America under Spanish vassalage out of reach for Britain and her commercial interests. The British long held the desire to spark rebellion amongst their colonies and treat their old rivals to the same experience they had endured in the US almost a century earlier. This opportunity finally arrived in the 19th century as Spain's continual decline from the devastation of the Napoleonic Wars, archaic institutions, and entangling foreign policy. For the first time, a seismic shift would transform two continents as South American markets would be unlocked for the first time since colonization. Uruguay and its prominent Montevidean commercial magnates elected to stay with Independent Argentina as they were originally part of the Spanish Colony Rio Del Plata governed from Buenos Aires. Unfortunately, these European elites in Montevideo regretted this course of action when Argentina began to pursue a centralized government supplanting the regional autonomy they desired for Uruguay so in 1815 they declared independence from Argentina and captured Montevideo with ease. In the chaos, the Portuguese saw an opportunity and invaded with 10,000 troops capturing Uruguay and adding it to their Brazilian colony. Seven years later in 1822 independence would come to the Portuguese colony of Brazil and the Uruguayans declared their independence from Brazil. They did so with the support of the young Argentine state. The result was the Cisplantia War. For 500 days these newly independent nations waged a war of stalemate, It ended in 1828 with the signing of the Treaty of Montevideo. A treaty, mind you, that was brokered by the British under Viscount John Ponsonby. The Treaty negotiated the borderlands and Uruguay's independence as a buffer between the two nations. It's not a stretch to say that the nation of Uruguay is a British machination. In the wake of independence, a new war was brewing between the protectionist Blancos led by Manuel Oribe and commercial Colorados led by Fructuoso Rivera centered in Montevideo. The two men had a personal rivalry going back to Independence from Spain. The Blancos successfully won the election with Manuel Oribe and the additional loss of the Unitarios in Argentine elections saw Rivera forcibly capture Montevideo in 1838. Oribe fled to Argentina where his ally Manuel de Rosas received him. In 1839 Rivera declares war against Argentina and set off the Guerra Grande (Great War). Argentina slowly advanced on the Uruguayan border after initial Uruguayan advances. It is in this context that Garibaldi continues his exile in Montevideo arriving there in 1841 after a relatively successful republican insurrection he had fought on behalf of the Riograndese Republic which had ended in negotiation and increased regional autonomy. Rather than settling in the territory he fought on behalf either out of disappointment that the endeavor didn't result in Independence. It is more likely that the recruited him on account of his string of military successes against the Portuguese, a colonial power that had controlled Brazil for some three centuries. He was a gifted military commander considering it was his first real war excluding any insurrections he participated in. It is plausible a British Montevidean having been enamored with his military exploits, as men of that era often are, and sought such a man. This magnate may have hired him to organize a defense among the ⅙ of the city population that was Italian. It could very well be an agent of the British state either from the military or diplomatic core who took the steps to acquire Garabaldi’s services. Perhaps the Italians of the city appealed to him for help as the Argentinians seem poised to pounce. And In serving in the conflict he establishes ties with members of the British elite and or military. I would be remiss without mentioning according to some literature he spent time as a schoolmaster and merchant in Montevideo, but there seems to be a lack of first-person accounts something generally expected from a man who dealt in receipts and taught people to read. Though my research was limited to online searches and it would require further investigation to be conclusive. Without any such evidence, it is extremely safe to presume that Guiseppe was there to take part in the conflict despite moving there with his wife Anita. In the next few years, the Argentinians managed to sweep through the smaller nation. In 1842 Garibaldi was one of the few who had military experience from his successful military exploits in Brazil and was appointed as commander of Uruguay's small Navy. Argentina finally reached the capitol in 1843 and played what would be a 9-year siege. As the siege broke out and call for military organization was made to all the Europeans living in Montevideo. Additionally, he organized the Italian migrants who comprised ⅙ of the city's population into the Italian Legion also called the Red Shirts for their support of the Colorados and Rivera. For the next six years, He would lead a brilliant defense of Montevideo and lead even more ingenious Amphibious invasions. In 1845 hoping to secure supply lines Garibaldi managed to occupy Colonia del Sacramento and Martín García Island, and led the infamous sacks of Martín García Island and Gualeguaychú during the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata. Garibaldi escaped with his life after being defeated at Costa Brava, in August of 1842, thanks to the mercy of Irish-born Argentine Admiral William Brown. The Argentines, wanting to pursue him to finish him off, were stopped by their commander who admired Garibaldi's enormous balls and was satisfied with defeating his forces. Garibaldi later achieved two victories in 1846, at the Battle of Cerro and the Battle of San Antonio del Santo. Having heard of the wave of revolution spreading in Europe he decided to return home in 1848 to foment the republic he had bravely fought on behalf in Latin America. Ignoring obviously that he fought on a side aligned with the European commercial interests of Britain and to a lesser degree France which also had a unique history in this region. Keep in mind, the only nation unaffected by the continental revolts of 1848 was Britain having dealt with the question of absolutism following a bloody civil war almost two centuries earlier. Moreover, the British were extraordinarily more economically successful than any of their counterparts. It wouldn't be a stretch to believe the alliances would be foraged then. Garibaldi could have very well made a common cause with a number of British magnates keen to establish a constitutional monarchy in the same image of the government they have at home. Molding a nation's formation to better protect the considerable assets they owned throughout Italy. Moreover, I never believed it to be coincidental that Italian Unification took place almost simultaneously with German Unification. No doubt, British policy-makers were pleased to see another continental great power emerge to compete with the newly forming German Empire as opposed to a region where great powers garner power and wage proxy wars as had been the case in Italy since the Lombards last unified it and more accurately the fall of Rome. It is my opinion that there had to be a clandestine connection of some kind that would reveal Britain to have played a larger role than history gives it credit for. And considering all it cost was stationed the HMS Argus and Intrepid to protect ‘local British commercial interests’, but was a veiled threat the Sicilian naval vessel steered clear of. The Sicilian was halted from intercepting Garibaldi before his forces could disembark in Marsala. Once ashore his military competence and his mythic revolutionary status made him unstoppable in the ‘Spedizione dei Mille’. If you think this is all outlandish. I will leave you with one of my favorite facts directly correlated with Post-Napoleonic Europe. By 1815 with the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, Britain had a GDP per capita 50% greater than any of its other counterparts in Europe and by the 19th century it would be about 2x greater than all the other European 'great powers'. Britain for a time was in a league of its own having been the only nation to defeat Napolean that had relatively been undamaged by the war with the only industrialized economy and the unquestioned naval power in the world. Moreover, The colonial empire it accumulated gave it an unparalleled strategic positioning worldwide. An early milestone in global British hegemony. So Britain certainly would have the perceived capability, and the confidence to engineer the world to its liking in much of the same way we are familiar with the US meddling in the affairs of other nations through the CIA following American ascension to hegemonic status following the Second World War. A seemingly evident pattern of hegemony.
Thanks so much for this contribution to the conversation. It’s very enlightening
Yes. The whole operation puts me in mind of the CIA engineering regime changes deemed to be in the US’s interests
@@moistnuggetjr.3198Thank you for sharing your findings and tremendous time that you've researched this. Very glad to have read it, and to have learned what was shared in this video. Thank you.
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Garibaldi, Carow, Farin, Pepretis were modest servants of the chosenites. The men who introduced communism to Italy were all 👃 nose people. Modigliani, Reeves, Della Setan, Musatti, Momigliano, Donati. Togliati, leader of the Italian Communist Party married the nose woman Montagnana. Her brother Mario Montagnana , was director of the newspaper L"Unita" in Milan. All communist news in Italy were directed by the chosenites. Longo= Vie Nuovo, Altari= L'Unita of Rom, Tedeschi= L'Unita of Milan, Cohen= Pease Serra, Levi= Lotta Sindicale, Jachia= Republicans, all came from these papers to directing the Communist Party Press. Books: The Secret Powers Behind Revolutions by Leon de Poncins./// The Beasts Of The Apocalypse by Olivia O'Grady.///