BBC Precision The Measure Of All Things English Subtitles

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In 1852,
clockmaker Edward Dent set out


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to construct the largest and most
accurate public clock in the world.


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It took seven years to build.


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CLOCK STRIKES


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A testament to a very human need.


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Our modern day lives are completely
driven by precise measurement.


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Take Big Ben. For over 150 years
it's been ringing out


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On the morning
of the 14th June, 1940,


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several German tank
divisions rumbled


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through the streets of Paris.


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The impossible had happened.
Germany had invaded and France
had fallen.


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But there was one building
on the outskirts of Paris that


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the Nazis never occupied.


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This chateau has the same
status as an independent territory.

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February 4th, 1850.


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Work was just starting


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at the Hague Street Printing Press
in New York City.


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But, in the basement, temperatures
inside their coal-fired boiler


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were reaching dangerous levels.


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A force of nature
was struggling to break free.


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At 7.45, a huge explosion
tore the building apart.


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