The Gunpowder Plot: How Close Did Guy Fawkes Actually Get To Blowing Up Parliament? | Chronicle

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  • @williamjones7163
    @williamjones7163 Рік тому +23

    There is a video of the reconstruction of the events. On a remote Airforce base in England, parliament was reconstructed accurate to scale. The same amount of gunpowder was obtained, and placed under the rebuilt parliament. Cut outs of the lords and the king were placed in the building to see the rest of the explosion. The time was set. Warnings were issued to aircraft and surrounding area to the distant of 10 miles (15 km). They set the powder off and the building exploded. With that amount of powder, the building unzipped like a cheap suit. Every cutout was destroyed. Just as would have every person in the parliament in 1605. Remember, remember the 5th of November.

    • @heyhandersen5802
      @heyhandersen5802 7 місяців тому

      The power of the black powder explosion would be determined by the casing and the structure of the building -- a basement of concrete would be far more deadly then an open wood enclosure. Also it was very difficult to store powder without moisture seeping in. Too much moisture would dampen the explosion. An effective bomb with low explosive gun powder would need 1. a strong shock wave, 2. a big fire, 3., poisonous gas. All a bit scarce in the gunpowder of the 1600's though, I note, these planners intended 3-4 barrels of powder; one wonders how they would have fused it. Getting the wicks to fire with synchronized blasts would have been a problem.

  • @Alizudo
    @Alizudo Рік тому +7

    It's about 10:00 in London [when this was uploaded]. Hope everyone has had a good evening, and enjoyed their fireworks and bonfires.

  • @mrsSsmith2005
    @mrsSsmith2005 8 місяців тому +1

    Best documentary I’ve watched so far!! 👏🏻

  • @brentandamandahyden79
    @brentandamandahyden79 Рік тому +13

    Very interesting info. It illuminated my understanding of what I thought about all of this. V for Vendetta does not do this history justice. Thank you.

    • @cracked_walnut
      @cracked_walnut Рік тому +11

      To be fair, V for Vendetta is a dystopian science fiction story where one of the protagonists appropriates the imagery of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot in his attempt to disrupt a totalitarian regime.
      Neither the original author, Alan Moore, nor the filmmakers suggest in their respective stories that they are presenting an interpretation of history.

    • @brentandamandahyden79
      @brentandamandahyden79 Рік тому +1

      Agreed. I was just saying that I know very little about this time period & was only familiar bc of that fictional reference. It’s a bit ironic of how deeply spiritual the original conflict was in relation to the theatrical hype of inclusion & tolerance as presented in the dystopian future interpretation.

    • @BillyBob-wq9fl
      @BillyBob-wq9fl Рік тому

      @@brentandamandahyden79yeah its the opposite of real life.. in real life it was a left wing takeover and they persecute Christians and promote homosexuals.. The producers were soon to be trans people.. and tainted the story with their fetishes..

  • @johnkeller6063
    @johnkeller6063 Рік тому +2

    I grew up Lutheran became Catholic. I have no anger or hatred towards either. May they all rest in peace. They all believed in their relationship with God.

  • @novelknowledge
    @novelknowledge Рік тому +5

    John Johnson is the worst fake name, guaranteed he didn’t even think up a fake name until they caught him. “ who are you!?” “ I am…. John… Johnson, yes John Johnson.

    • @gabrieljohnson6116
      @gabrieljohnson6116 9 місяців тому

      You take that back.

    • @historyish7873
      @historyish7873 14 днів тому

      As OSP said "Ah yes, John Johnson. He must have a respectable career doing [job] at [place]."

  • @adriennefried5368
    @adriennefried5368 Рік тому +4

    Very close...

  • @nathanmedina2809
    @nathanmedina2809 Рік тому

    *So when are you guys going to do a big video on Ancient Egypt?*

  • @351clevelandmodifiedmotor4
    @351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 9 місяців тому +1

    0:42 for Fawkes sakes😂

  • @manuellubian5709
    @manuellubian5709 Рік тому +1

    Why aren't the names of the commentators onscreen, next to their image?
    The only one I recognize is, Prof. Hutton. The other speakers I have NO idea who they are.

  • @elvenkind6072
    @elvenkind6072 Рік тому +1

    Congratulations with Guy Fawkes Day, Brits! From an Anglophile on the other side of the Norwegian Sea, that forgot it yesterday. 🙂

  • @freedomslunch
    @freedomslunch Рік тому +1

    Certainty will be the death of us all.

  • @Leon-bc8hm
    @Leon-bc8hm Рік тому +47

    Comparing this to Hiroshima is utter nonsense. Not even for what the aftermath would have been. Why can't they keep it more factual and grounded in reality... Sensationalism... Bigger Than T rex....

    • @TracyD2
      @TracyD2 Рік тому +4

      I agree. I’m tired of it and it turns me off.

    • @JimSmithInChiapas
      @JimSmithInChiapas Рік тому +2

      Thanks for your post. I was going to watch, but now I won't bother.

    • @JimSmithInChiapas
      @JimSmithInChiapas Рік тому +3

      @@alexandriagentry5220 "New kind of technology"? The attempt was made in 1605. Gunpowder had already been used extensively in warfare for a century. So yes, the comparison with Hiroshima is ridiculous.

    • @johnkeller6063
      @johnkeller6063 Рік тому +4

      I think it was ment to say that it would have the same in reaction in England as what happened to reaction of the people in Japan

    • @auntiec6294
      @auntiec6294 Рік тому +4

      ​@johnkeller6063 Agreed. That's exactly what was meant by it. People are so hypersensitive that they can't even think through an analogy. 🙄 He said, "It was the powder keg equivalent to Hiroshima," not that it WAS the equivalent to Hiroshima. The point is to help us in modern times to understand how shocking and abhorrent it would've been to people in the 1600s to experience an explosion like that because no attack of that magnitude had ever been carried out before.

  • @666chapelofblood
    @666chapelofblood Рік тому +18

    "The equivalent of Hiroshima." Such a dumb comparison, I can tell this is going to be sensationalist and annoying.

    • @auntiec6294
      @auntiec6294 Рік тому +1

      I disagree. That analogy was used merely to help us in 2023 to understand what the impact would've been to people in 1605 had the plot succeeded. We've grown up seeing massive explosions and carnage both in real life and in entertainment. No one at that time had ever seen anything like the devastation that explosion would've created. There was nothing inappropriate or sensationalist about the analogy. We just have to think it through a little bit instead of having a knee-jerk reaction.

    • @gastonbouchard9330
      @gastonbouchard9330 6 місяців тому

      What a moronic comment. Do you go about life misinterpreting people as you've done here?

  • @DJL78
    @DJL78 Рік тому

    This was just on the Real History channel?

  • @paulinadeboer3604
    @paulinadeboer3604 Рік тому +1

    Verry interesting but stopt halfway every three minits ads makes it irritating

    • @audreyricci6383
      @audreyricci6383 Рік тому +1

      I have the little black stop ads on my phone . Unless otherwise stated all I have to do is tap stop ads and they are gone. I have a Motorola android phone.

    • @auntiec6294
      @auntiec6294 Рік тому +1

      It's worth it to me to just pay for a monthly membership. I watch YT all the time and it's a fantastic experience without the ads! It's worth every penny imo.

    • @kurtmac
      @kurtmac Рік тому

      @@auntiec6294 Absolutely correct! The monthly membership has more than paid for itself in videos I watch, without the annoying ads! 👍

  • @sharpw9761
    @sharpw9761 9 місяців тому

    I kinda would of like to see what of happened if the gunpowder went off using dummies a fake model of the room etc etc to see if it was as destructive as they said it would it would be

    • @gamehammerjax1585
      @gamehammerjax1585 8 місяців тому

      Keep watching videos about the gunpowder plot and eventually UA-cam will recommend that video to you it's out there and it's great

  • @stischer47
    @stischer47 Рік тому +2

    Fantastic! As usual, to fanatics they are in the right and everyone else is wrong. If innocent people have to die, God works in mysterious ways. If God had wanted them to survive, then He would have saved them. A tale as old as humanity.

  • @ChiefWindyCheeks
    @ChiefWindyCheeks 8 місяців тому +1

    Guy Fawkes, A man so pious he wanted no separation between church and state and the radical left uses his image as a "socialist/commie revolutionary". 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

  • @rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185

    Anyone else think this was rigged?

  • @mainakangshu2686
    @mainakangshu2686 Рік тому +1

    Amazing content ❤. Literally enjoyed it. But comparing this to Hiroshima is hilarious 😂

    • @auntiec6294
      @auntiec6294 Рік тому +5

      As I said elsewhere, I disagree. That analogy was used merely to help us in 2023 to understand what the impact would've been to people in 1605 had the plot succeeded. We've grown up seeing massive explosions and carnage both in real life and in entertainment. No one at that time had ever seen anything like the devastation that explosion would've created. There was nothing inappropriate or sensationalist about the analogy. We just have to think it through a little bit instead of having a knee-jerk reaction.

    • @hindsighter
      @hindsighter 6 місяців тому

      @mainakangshu2686 The comparison is spot on. Just because you don´t understand it doesn´t mean it's wrong.

  • @351clevelandmodifiedmotor4
    @351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 9 місяців тому

    adds adds adds adds adds adds what am i paying for?????

  • @deanthechamp5669
    @deanthechamp5669 Рік тому

    Where were the Jesuits

    • @pilgrimmum
      @pilgrimmum 21 день тому

      They were ALL Jesuits or Jesuit pawns! The POPE was STILL TRYING TO DESTROY ENGLAND!

    • @pilgrimmum
      @pilgrimmum 21 день тому

      The POPE IS STILL TRYING TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE WESTERN PROTESTANT WORLD!