that is the king ‘s library, assembled by king george iii in the second half of the 18th century.e at the british library like its vast basements, which you can imagine also contain a lot of books. but "they also contain six and a half million sound recordings which are now being digitised. —— but did you know. these are stored on all sorts of physical formats from delicate wax cylinders to grass discs, two short lived formats are many discs, remember those? there is a big push to digitise them and make them available online. each of the 40 different types of storage format have unique challenges, they all need their own playback devices and some need a little tlc to coax the best quality sound from them. something reasonably robust like a vinyl disc, to shake its debris out of its hiding place. we also have a more traditional type of record clea n more traditional type of record clean machines, the brush and vacuum arrangements that can produce some quite startling results when you start to clean off otherwise invisible gunk. the team also have a workshop to keep their collection

say what you want about king george iii but he's not killing christians. you can't say as much for nero. nero tormented, he executed christians. and yet even though they were living under a hostile roman government including roman emperors who were killing christians, persecuting christians, peter and paul say fear god, honor the king. peter and paul still say that the king is the minister to all, the minister of god, a revenger on those who do evil. so the message some of these loyalists said was obey all rulers, even the bad ones. respect authority because god put them in authority for a reason. so what you call patriotism is really just ambition. it's selfishness in disguise and all patriotic revolts do is create more violence. now what about the patriotic argument? what are the patriots going to do with texts like "fear god and honor the king"? what are the patriots going to do with texts that say that the civil authority are the revengers of god on wrongdoers, obey them just as if you're obeying god? what can you do with that? is there anywhere you ca

much worse than king george iii. say what you want about king george iii but he's not killing christians. you can't say as much for nero. nero tormented, he executed christians. and yet even though they were living under a hostile roman government including roman emperors who were killing christians, persecuting christians, peter and paul say fear god, honor the king. peter and paul still say that the king is the minister to all, the minister of god, a revenger on those who do evil. so the message some of these loyalists said was, obey all

much worse than king george iii. say what you want about king george iii but he's not killing christians. you can't say as much for nero. nero tormented, he executed christians. and yet even though they were living under a hostile roman government including roman emperors who were killing christians, persecuting christians, peter and paul say fear god, honor the king.

much worse than king george iii. say what you want about king george iii but he's not killing christians. you can't say as much for nero. nero tormented, he executed christians. and yet even though they were living under a hostile roman government including roman emperors who were killing christians, persecuting christians, peter and paul say fear god, honor the king. peter and paul still say that the king is the minister to all, the minister of god, a revenger on those who do evil. so the message some of these loyalists said was, obey all rulers, even the bad ones. respect authority because god put them in authority for a reason. so what you call patriotism is really just ambition. it's selfishness in disguise. and all patriotic revolts do is create more violence. now what about the patriotic argument? what are the patriots going to do with texts like "fear god and honor the king"? what are the patriots going to do with texts that say that the civil authority are the revengers of god on wrongdoers, obey them just as

they were also, incidentally, cousins of george iii, illegitimate cousins. their grandmother had to be then the mistress of george ii, george iii's grandmother. so, this is the way things work in a small society like england. so, the howe brothers have the job of trying to win this war. general howe supported by his brother has won the battles around new york. he's captured this excellent harbor. he's driven washington out. so, it looks like new york, or at least this part of new york, is now out of the game. now, general howe is proceeding to roll out new jersey. >> now, just a quick question. what were their troops, the differences between how many troops and how well off they were? >> right, right. well, during the battles of new york, washington has 19,000 troops, most of them are militia. most of them have never fought before. the british have 32,000. british and also hessians described as mercenaries which isn't quite right. they weren't individual mercenaries. these were sole soldiers who se their princes. they were small german principalities who woul

for picnic, and swimming pool, too, and it was quite histor historic, because people like king george iii and other notables swam in that pool. eleanor roosevelt passed away in 1962. when she died, this was not given over to the national parks service as fdr's was. her son john was living in the stone cottage and by then mary cook and marian had moved away. he lived here for a number of years and then he did decide to sell it to val kill. he did offer it to the national government in 1970, and they were not interested. and so he sold the property, and sold eleanor roosevelt's furniture at public auction. it was in 1975 that a grass roots movement here in hyde park started the movement to save val kill and make it into a national historic site. eleanor roosevelt's story is not just the story of a first lady, but it is a woman activist who really devoted her life to improving the world. she had always hoped that there would be world peace one day, and she is an inspiration to the women, and woman of great courage who spoke out against issues that really needed to be addressed like civil rig

say what you want about king george iii but he's not killing christians. he tormented christians. and yet even though they were living under a hostile government including roman em perrers killing christians, peter and paul say, fear god, honor the king. peter and paul still say that the king is the minister to all. a revenger on those so the message was obey all, even the bad ones. respect authority because god put them in authority for a reason. so what you call patriotism is really just ambition. it's selfishness in disguise. and all patriotic revolts do is create more violence. now what about the patriotic argument? what are the patriots going to do? what are they going to do with texts that say that the civil authority are the revengers of god and wrong do rs that obey them just as if you are obeying god. what can you do with that? is is there any way you can go with that? let's see. long before the revolution concerning that title is really helpful. and people like john adams cousin argue to use this text and many others. let's about that. they say, look again at the histori

1770 essay, thoughts on the cause of the present discontent, edmund burk criticized the court of george iii by establishing by svelte what amounted 0 a new regime of royal prerogative and influence peddling. george and his court injuries main the appearance of parliamentary sprem hsu si but a closer look showed the system was corrupt. i was soon stanford, burk wrote, that the forms of a free and the ends of an arbitrary government, were things not altogether incompatable. that discovery stands behind the growth of the administrative state in our society. under the cloak of democratic institutions, it is essentially undemocratic activities pursue an expansionist agenda that threatens liberty in the most comprehensive way, by circumventing the law. at the same time, however, a growing recognition of totalitarian goal offed the administrative state have caused a populist uprising here and in europe. populist is one word for theirs phenomenon, affirmation of sovereignty, underwritten by a passion for freedom, is another and possibly more accurate term. thank you. >> thank you. our next speaker

that is the king's library, assembled by king george iii in the second half of the 18th century. are now being digitised ? these are stored on all sorts of physical formats from delicate wax cylinders to brass discs, to short lived formats like minidiscs, remember those? there is a big push to digitise them and make them available online. each of the 40 different types of storage format have unique challenges, they all need their own playback devices and some need a little tlc to coax the best quality sound from them. something reasonably robust like a vinyl disc, to shake its debris out of its hiding place. we also have a more traditional type of record cleaning machines, the brush and vacuum arrangements that can produce some quite startling results when you start to clean off otherwise invisible gunk. the team also have a workshop to keep their collection of machines in tiptop condition so staff can work on as many concurrent transfers as possible and chip away at the millions of recordings. if you are faced with a tape that is in a real state, you take it off the shelf and it

100 feet of space surrounding their homes where flames can't reach them.cal fire unit chief george morris iii:"we have an aggressive goal of doing 250,000 defensible space inspections, as partnered with landowners to take care of their own fuel reduction efforts." (steve) that was mike luery reporting. the california forestry association released a statement in response to the report. they say they support the commission's findings. (steve) now to our four zone forecast. you're looking live at the golden gate bridge.(pam) kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with a look ahead lawrence karnow: it was sunny and bright all the way to the coast again today with highs running well above average. our dry stretch of weather continues with no change in sight. winds were gusty at times but otherwise it was an amazing day. it should be very comfortable if you're going out tonight with plenty of start, mild temperatures and a gentle breeze. you can see the huge dome of high pressure on the satellite image blocking the storms and sending them into canada. high pressure will remain strong

100 feet of space surrounding their homes where flames can't reach them.cal fire unit chief george morris iii:"we have an aggressive goal of doing 250,000 defensible space inspections, as partnered with landowners to take care of their own fuel reduction efforts." (vicki) that was mike luery reporting. the california forestry association released a statement in response to the report. they say they support the commission's findings. (steve) next at 5:30... the supreme court has yet to rule on their case... but in california a judge has handed down an opinion on whether a bakery can refuse to make wedding cakes forsame sex couples. (vicki) the boys and girls club is the place to be tomorrow in the south bay... wherea free dental cleaning program is being offered to give kids a better smile! (v (vicki) back to our breaking news tonight... an evacuation order is now lifted after a gas leak in san francisco. the gas line was ruptured by a construction crew in the area of mcallister and scott streets. that's right near alamo square. the flow of gas has now been capped. (vicki) we will continue to