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[J‘]

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The golden age of ballooning can
be said to begin in 1783...

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[METAL CLANGING]

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...when the Montgolfier brothers
made their first ascent

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in a fire balloon.

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On the eve of that--

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Come on, come on.

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--momentous ascent,
the brothers

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took one last look
at their craft

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as it stood on the fields
of Annencay.

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This is a great moment
for us, Joseph.

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It is a great moment
for France.

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Ah, oui.

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The first ascent
in a hot-air balloon

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by the Montgolfier
brothers, 1783.

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I can see us now...

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just after Montesquieu
and just before Mozart.

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I think I'll go and wash.
Good luck.

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Oh, it's quite easy really. I
just slap a little water on--

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No, no, no, no.
Good luck for tomorrow.

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Oh, I see.
Yes. You too.

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Yours has been
the work.

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Let us hope
for a safe ascent.

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And, uh, don't use
my flannel.

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You know...when you showed me
the plans in Paris,

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I could not believe
that we should be

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the first men
who would fly.

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Yes, it's wonderful.

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I'm so excited
I could hardly wash.

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Yes. I, too, have had
some difficulty washing

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these past few days.

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Still, what is washing,
when we are on the verge

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of a great scientific
breakthrough?

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Jacques?
Yes,Joseph?

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I've not been washing
very thoroughly

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for many years now.

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What do you mean?

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Y-you must have been
washing your face.

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Oh, yes, my face.
I've washed my face.

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But my legs...

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my stomach, my chest...

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they're filthy.

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Well, uh, I don't wash
my stomach every day.

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Ah, but you wash
far more than me.

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You are the cleaner
of the Montgolfier brothers.

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This is nothing,
Joseph--

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Monsieur
Montgolfier,

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a Mr. Parfitt
to see you, sir.

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Eh, ah, no, no, no.
Uh, Bartlett.

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A Mr. Barklit
to see you, sir.

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No. Bart-Iett.
With a T.

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A Mr. Barrat-elett
to see you, sir.

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Bartlett.
Barklit.

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Bartlett.

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A Mr. Bart-lett
to see you, sir.

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I don't wanna see anyone,
O'Toole. Tell him to go away.

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Thank you, sir.

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Well, it's
getting late.

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I must go
and have a wash.

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Uh, what will you be washing?

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Oh, just my face and neck.

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Perhaps my feet, and
possibly--

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But no. No.

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Lock up the plans,
Joseph.

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Tomorrow they will make us
the toast of France.

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The first ascent by
the Montgolfier brothers

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in a balloon.

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Just after Ballcock
and just before Bang.

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What a position.

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ANNOUNCER:
So on June 7th, 1783,

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the Montgolfier brothers
had a really good wash.

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Starting on his face
and arms,

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Joseph Michel Montgolfier
went on to scrub his torso,

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his legs and his naughty
bits,

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before rinsing his whole
body.

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That June night,

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he and his brother between
them

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washed 17 square feet
of body area.

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They used a kilo and a half
of carbo/ic soap

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and nearly 14 gallons
of nice hot water.

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It was indeed
an impressive sight.

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Next week on
The Golden Age of Ballooning,

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we examine the work
of Glashire and Coxwell,

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the English balloonists
who ascended to a height

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of seven miles in 1862
Without washing.

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There is also a book called
The Golden Age of Ballooning

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published by the BBC
to coincide with the series.

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It’s in an attractive
hand-tooled binding,

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ls priced 5 pounds,
ls priced 5 pounds,

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and failure to buy it will make
you liable to a 50 pound fine

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or three months in prison.

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There 's also a record
of someone

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reading the book of
The Golden Age of Ballooning,

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a crochet-work bedspread
with the words

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"The Golden Age of
Ballooning" on it,

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available from the BBC,
price 18 pound,

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or five months imprisonment.

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And there are matching
toilet-seat covers

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and courtesy mats
with illustrations

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of many of
the balloons mentioned.

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Also available is
a life-sized model frog

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which croaks the words:
"Golden Age of Ballooning, "

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and an attractive
Bakelite case

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for storing motorway
construction plans in,

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made in the shape of a
balloon.

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And now, another chance
to see episode two

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of the award-winning series
The Golden Age of Ballooning.

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[J‘]

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Oh, Joseph. All you
think about is balloons.

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All you talk about
is balloons.

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Your beautiful house is full of
bits and pieces of balloons.

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Your books are
all about balloons.

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Every time
you sing a song,

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it is in some way obliquely
connected with balloons.

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Everything you eat

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has to have the word "balloon"
incorporated in the title.

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Your dogs are
all called Balloon-o.

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You tie balloons to your
ankles in the evenings.

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I don't do that.

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Well...no,
you don't do that.

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But you do duck down
and shout:

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"Hey, balloons,"
when there are none about.

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Oh, your whole life
is becoming

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obsessively balloonic,
you know?

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Ohh! Why do I
have to hang

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from this bloody gasbag
all day?

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Don't I mean
anything to you?

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Oh, ma chérie,
you mean more to me

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than any heavier-than-air
dirigible.

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Oh, there you go again!
Don't waggle!

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Oh. I've run your
bath for you, Joseph.

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Uh, oh, I'm so sorry,
I didn't realize, uh...

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It's all right.
We've done the difficult bit.

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Don't forget
we have our special guest

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coming this evening.
Oh?

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Don't tell me
you've forgotten already.

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The man who is giving us

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thousands of francs
for experiments.

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What man?
Louis XIV.

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Isn't he dead?

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Evidently not.

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All right, I'll be round.

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Oh, and Joseph?

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Yes, Jacques?

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You will...wash, won't you?

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Yes, of course.

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[DOOR OPENS]

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His Royal Majesty
Louis XIV of France.

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And
Mr. Bartlett.

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[J‘]

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Your Majesty,
it is a great privilege.

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Welcome to our humble abode.

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It's, eh, very nice
to be here.

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O'Toole.
O'TOOLE: Sir?

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Claret for
His Majesty, please.

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There's a Mr. Bartlett
outside again, sir.

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Not now. We have
the king of France here.

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Yes, sir.

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Hm.

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[EXHALES]

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[CLEARS THROAT]

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Your Majesty, you had a--
A pleasantjourney, I trust?

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Yes, yes. Oh, definitely,
yes,yes.

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Oh, aye. Aye. Mm.

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You have come from Paris?

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Where?

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Eh, from Paris?
You have traveled from Paris?

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Oh, yes, yes, yes. We've come
from, eh-- From, uh, Paris.

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Yes, oh, yes. Yes, we've, uh,
just come from, eh...

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Eh...Paris, yes.

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O'TOOLE: Sir?
Yes, O'Toole?

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Which one is
the claret, sir?

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The claret
is in the decanter.

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The wooden thing?

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No, no.
The glass thing.

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The glass decanter
with the round glass stopper.

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Oh, yes, behind the door.

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No, no.
On the sideboard.

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The sideboard?

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The sideboard, yes.

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Look, you go into
the salle a‘ manger --

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the dining room, right?

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--and the sideboard's
on your left by the wall.

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Beside the master's
portrait.

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Oh. Above
the mirror, sir?

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No, no, no, no. The mirror's
on the other side.

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It's opposite the mirror.

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But that's
the table, sir.

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No, you don't go as far
as the table. Oh, look--

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You go into
the room, right?

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On your right is the door
to the orangery,

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straight ahead of you
is the door to the library,

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and to your left...
is the sideboard.

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Ah, yes, I see, sir.

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And the claret is on top
of the sideboard, to the left.

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On the left.
Yes.

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As one looks at it, sir?
Yes.

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I see, sir. Thank you.

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O'Toole.
Yes, sir.

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Will you please tell Monsieur
Joseph our guest is here.

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Yes, sir.

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[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

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Ah!

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I'm, uh, sorry
about that, Your Majesty.

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[SPEAKS FRENCH]

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Apparently, sir, there's
a plan to build a canal

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between the two Egyptian--
Not now, O'Toole.

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Well, eh,
Mr. Montgolfier,

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let's not beat
around the bush.

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My, eh-- My-- My dukes and I
are very busy men.

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What we'd like to do
is see the, uh, plans

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of your proposed balloon,
if that's at all possible.

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Certainly. I have them
here ready prepared.

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Oh, great, hen.
Now, what we'd like to do

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is, eh...take these,
uh, back with us

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for the Royal Archives
of, eh--

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France.
France, aye.

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Well, it is indeed a great
honor that I cannot refuse.

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Right. Okay,
let's get 'em.

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JOSEPH: Just a moment!
JACQUES: Joseph.

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That man is not Louis XIV.

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Joseph, are you
out of your mind?

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I've been looking it up
in my bath.

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Louis XIV died in 1717.

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It's now 1783.
Answer me that.

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Did I say Louis XIV?

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I'm sorry, I meant Louis XV.
Louis XV.

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He died in 1774.

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All right.

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Louis XVI.

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Listen to me,
smart-arse...

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when you're king
of France,

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you've got better things to do
than go around all day

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remembering
your bloody number.

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[BONES SNAP,
GRUNTING]

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All right. You wanna argue
about numbers? No, no.

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Boys, get hold of these plans
for the Royal Archives.

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We've gotta get back to, eh...
Paris.

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Paris. By tonight.
come on, let's move.

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I got as far as
the sideboard, sir.

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Stop them,
stop them. Oof!

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Ohh!

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No news on the canal,
I'm afraid, sir,

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but apparently in India...
[SCREAMS]

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...they're thinking of
building a railway

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between the towns
of Lahore...

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ANNOUNCER:
Will Louis XIV get away

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with the Montgolfiers’
precious plans?

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Is 16 years of work
to be stolen

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by this suspect sovereign?

251
00:10:57,282 --> 00:10:59,694
ls France really in the grip
of a Glaswegian monarch?

252
00:10:59,784 --> 00:11:01,365
Watch next week's episode

253
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of The Golden Age
of Ballooning now.

254
00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:05,782
[J‘]

255
00:11:11,796 --> 00:11:13,582
SO now that the government
has collapsed

256
00:11:13,715 --> 00:11:15,296
and shown itself incapable

257
00:11:15,425 --> 00:11:17,256
of providing any kind
of unifying force,

258
00:11:17,385 --> 00:11:19,751
I feel that we do need
the kind of stability

259
00:11:20,054 --> 00:11:21,419
and the breathing space

260
00:11:21,556 --> 00:11:23,547
that a military presence
would provide.

261
00:11:23,641 --> 00:11:24,801
Lord Interest?

262
00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:26,466
Yes, I-I agree
the army should take over,

263
00:11:26,603 --> 00:11:28,559
but I think it should
not interfere

264
00:11:28,646 --> 00:11:30,352
with the program
of street executions,

265
00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,271
which I feel have been
the shot in the arm

266
00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,436
that the British economy
so desperately needed.

267
00:11:34,527 --> 00:11:37,690
Yes, the Montgolfier brothers'
plans did indeed turn up,

268
00:11:37,780 --> 00:11:40,613
six months later
and a long way from Paris,

269
00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:43,612
at the court of
King George III of England.

270
00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:45,443
[J‘]

271
00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:47,574
"Titty was very worried.

272
00:11:47,665 --> 00:11:49,701
"Where could Mary be?

273
00:11:49,792 --> 00:11:51,407
"He looked everywhere.

274
00:11:51,502 --> 00:11:54,164
"Under the stones
and behind the bushes.

275
00:11:54,297 --> 00:11:55,787
"And Mr. Squirrel
helped him

276
00:11:56,049 --> 00:11:57,664
"by looking up
in the trees.

277
00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,133
And Mr. Badger helped him
by looking under the ground--"

278
00:12:01,221 --> 00:12:02,427
[KNOCK AT DOOR]

279
00:12:02,513 --> 00:12:05,095
"And so, Your Majesty,
we, the Commons

280
00:12:05,183 --> 00:12:06,969
do herein crave
and, eh--"

281
00:12:07,101 --> 00:12:10,468
Your Majesty,
Louis XV!!! is here.

282
00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:12,519
Who is Louis XVIII?

283
00:12:12,649 --> 00:12:14,480
He is the king of France,
Your Majesty.

284
00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:16,683
Uh, this is a great moment
to have, sir.

285
00:12:16,819 --> 00:12:20,027
There is no Louis XVIII.

286
00:12:20,156 --> 00:12:22,738
MAN: Psst.

287
00:12:22,992 --> 00:12:26,359
[MUTTERS] Tell him to stop mucking
about, Louis XVII's out here.

288
00:12:27,497 --> 00:12:29,408
He craves Your Majesty's
pardon.

289
00:12:29,499 --> 00:12:32,662
He has had a long journey here
and miscounted.

290
00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:35,494
He is Louis XVII.

291
00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:39,422
Louis XVI
is dead already?

292
00:12:44,347 --> 00:12:46,087
MAN: No, I don't--

293
00:12:46,182 --> 00:12:47,797
Oh, don't you
tell me-- I know my name.

294
00:12:48,059 --> 00:12:50,675
I know about the numbers.
I know this country...

295
00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:52,260
If he doesn't
know the bloody--

296
00:12:52,355 --> 00:12:54,516
[BONE CRACKS, GROANING]

297
00:12:57,402 --> 00:12:59,393
Your Majesty, I'm Louis XVI--
Oh, Christ.

298
00:12:59,529 --> 00:13:01,315
Your Majesty,
I'm Louis XVI,

299
00:13:01,406 --> 00:13:03,362
as you so rightly say,
and I don't wanna muck about.

300
00:13:03,449 --> 00:13:05,110
I've got a wee
proposition,

301
00:13:05,201 --> 00:13:06,987
which could make the name
of George IV

302
00:13:07,078 --> 00:13:08,443
the most respected
in Europe.

303
00:13:08,538 --> 00:13:11,530
George III.
Aye, Geo-- George III.

304
00:13:11,666 --> 00:13:13,031
Sorry. Where can we talk?

305
00:13:13,167 --> 00:13:15,408
Did you see that?
[GROANING]

306
00:13:15,545 --> 00:13:18,537
We shall have a state banquet
at St. James's Palace.

307
00:13:18,673 --> 00:13:20,664
No, I don't wanna
hang about. Take it or leave.

308
00:13:20,758 --> 00:13:22,294
I gotta get back to...
DUKE: Paris.

309
00:13:22,385 --> 00:13:24,376
Paris, by tonight,
you know.

310
00:13:24,512 --> 00:13:26,127
Must you leave us,
Louis?

311
00:13:26,222 --> 00:13:27,507
Yeah, I'd ratherjust
sell the plans

312
00:13:27,598 --> 00:13:29,384
and nip Off,
Georgie boy.

313
00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:31,682
Well, all right.
We shall buy the plans,

314
00:13:31,769 --> 00:13:33,305
if you will undertake

315
00:13:33,396 --> 00:13:35,557
to disengage your troops
in America.

316
00:13:35,690 --> 00:13:37,146
Do what?

317
00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:41,818
And I shall give you
10,000 pound for the plans.

318
00:13:42,071 --> 00:13:44,312
Ten thousand pounds?

319
00:13:44,407 --> 00:13:46,147
Right. All right, well,
we'll, uh--

320
00:13:46,242 --> 00:13:48,198
We'll, uh, disengage
the, urn, you know...

321
00:13:48,286 --> 00:13:50,322
Like you said,
we'll disengage 'em.

322
00:13:50,413 --> 00:13:52,825
Tell you what, hen, I'll put
a duke onto it, okay? Right.

323
00:13:53,082 --> 00:13:55,789
Oh, it's worst thing
you can do to anybody.

324
00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:58,076
You asked for it, sonny.

325
00:13:58,212 --> 00:14:00,043
Well, you could've broke my nose.
I'll break it your--

326
00:14:00,089 --> 00:14:01,750
North, please!
NORTH: Well, you saw it.

327
00:14:02,050 --> 00:14:03,586
It was right
on the bone.

328
00:14:03,718 --> 00:14:05,709
North, will you send
for the Duke of Portland?

329
00:14:05,970 --> 00:14:07,551
We have a financial matter
to discuss.

330
00:14:07,638 --> 00:14:09,549
Well,
it really hurt.

331
00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:11,756
No, d-- I think it's better
if you give the money to us.

332
00:14:12,060 --> 00:14:14,096
You know, we're going back.
We've got a bag.

333
00:14:15,772 --> 00:14:18,434
We shall talk
to your Monsieur Necker.

334
00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:21,266
Ah, well-- A-- Actually, we'd
rather you didn't, you know.

335
00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:23,522
We've been having a wee bit
of trouble with him recently.

336
00:14:23,613 --> 00:14:25,649
Monsieur Necker?
The man who introduced

337
00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:27,363
so many valuable reforms,

338
00:14:27,450 --> 00:14:30,066
and proved so popular,
despite his Opposition

339
00:14:30,161 --> 00:14:34,120
to Mirabeau's policy
of issuing assignats?

340
00:14:34,248 --> 00:14:35,738
Uh, aye, yeah.
But, eh, the trouble is

341
00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,456
he's been drinking
a bit recently.

342
00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:40,000
Fourteen lagers with his
breakfast, that sort of thing.

343
00:14:40,129 --> 00:14:41,460
Well, very well,
Louis.

344
00:14:41,589 --> 00:14:44,126
Just a moment!

345
00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:45,707
Oh, Christ.
What are you doing?

346
00:14:45,802 --> 00:14:47,758
I am Joseph
Montgolfier,

347
00:14:48,012 --> 00:14:50,344
the inventor
of the fire balloon.

348
00:14:50,473 --> 00:14:53,135
The man before you
is an impostor.

349
00:14:53,226 --> 00:14:54,807
Oh, no, I am not.
Honestly.

350
00:14:55,103 --> 00:14:58,345
No, no, no. Not you,
Your Majesty. This man.

351
00:14:58,481 --> 00:15:00,392
This Louis, the so-called
king of France man.

352
00:15:00,483 --> 00:15:03,475
Which number did he give you
this time, Louis XXIII?

353
00:15:03,569 --> 00:15:05,059
I got it right!

354
00:15:05,154 --> 00:15:06,360
Yeah, I bet you took
a few guesses.

355
00:15:06,489 --> 00:15:08,195
Listen, you spotty
Sassenach pillock.

356
00:15:08,324 --> 00:15:11,157
Your Majesty,
the Ronettes are here.

357
00:15:11,244 --> 00:15:12,359
And Mr. Bartlett.

358
00:15:12,495 --> 00:15:14,326
J‘ George II! J‘
J‘ Oh, yeah J‘

359
00:15:14,455 --> 00:15:20,792
J‘ George II! J‘

360
00:15:21,045 --> 00:15:24,754
J‘ George II! J‘

361
00:15:25,007 --> 00:15:26,338
Mmph! Oh, dear.

362
00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:29,759
I'm not supposed
to go mad until 1800!

363
00:15:30,012 --> 00:15:42,482
J‘ George II! J‘

364
00:15:42,567 --> 00:15:44,182
Oh.

365
00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:46,017
Joseph has been gone
for six months now.

366
00:15:46,154 --> 00:15:47,360
We have heard
nothing.

367
00:15:47,447 --> 00:15:49,028
He can look after himself.

368
00:15:49,157 --> 00:15:52,365
Oh. But he had only on
a towel, you know.

369
00:15:52,493 --> 00:15:55,109
Antoinette...from now on,

370
00:15:55,204 --> 00:15:57,786
there is only one
Montgolfier brother.

371
00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,201
But Louis XIV
has the plans.

372
00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:02,325
Oh, you must wait
until Joseph returns.

373
00:16:02,420 --> 00:16:04,502
The plans
are here, chérie,

374
00:16:04,589 --> 00:16:06,545
Let me put my tongue
in your mouth.

375
00:16:06,674 --> 00:16:08,210
What do you mean?

376
00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:10,003
We're supposed to be
French, aren't we?

377
00:16:10,094 --> 00:16:12,005
No, no, no. I mean,
what are the plans

378
00:16:12,096 --> 00:16:13,461
which Joseph
after is chasing?

379
00:16:13,556 --> 00:16:15,717
Please, let me put it in a little way.
The plans!

380
00:16:16,017 --> 00:16:18,258
I take it out if you don't like it.
No, listen--

381
00:16:18,394 --> 00:16:20,225
Are you sure the claret
was on the left

382
00:16:20,354 --> 00:16:22,185
of the sideboard,
sir?

383
00:16:22,273 --> 00:16:24,229
Yes, O'Toole,
it's always been there.

384
00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:26,098
Well, I'll look for
one more month, sir.

385
00:16:26,235 --> 00:16:27,691
Please let me put
my tongue-- No, no.

386
00:16:27,778 --> 00:16:28,733
By the way, sir,

387
00:16:29,030 --> 00:16:30,361
Mr. Bartlett
has gone, sir.

388
00:16:30,448 --> 00:16:33,190
He said he couldn't
wait any longer.

389
00:16:33,284 --> 00:16:35,195
Thank you, O'Toole.
Not at all, sir.

390
00:16:35,286 --> 00:16:37,493
I've enjoyed being in it.
Right.

391
00:16:37,580 --> 00:16:39,320
Thank you, sir.
Mademoiselle.

392
00:16:39,415 --> 00:16:41,576
[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]

393
00:16:53,596 --> 00:16:56,508
By the way, sir,
Mr. Bartlett has gone, sir.

394
00:16:56,599 --> 00:16:59,181
[CHEERING, APPLAUSE]

395
00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:04,763
He said he couldn't
wait any longer, sir.

396
00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:08,061
[CHEERING, APPLAUSE]

397
00:17:10,780 --> 00:17:12,270
Thank you,
O'Toole.

398
00:17:12,406 --> 00:17:14,237
Not at all, sir,
I've enjoyed being in it.

399
00:17:14,325 --> 00:17:16,611
[CHEERING, APPLAUSE]

400
00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:19,694
Right. Thank you, sir.
Mademoiselle.

401
00:17:19,956 --> 00:17:22,618
[CHEERING, APPLAUSE]

402
00:17:37,473 --> 00:17:39,759
[J‘]

403
00:18:09,171 --> 00:18:13,164
ANNOUNCER: George III was arranged
and composed by Neil lnnes.

404
00:18:13,301 --> 00:18:15,758
He is available from the
BBC, price 4 pound,

405
00:18:16,012 --> 00:18:17,673
or eight months
imprisonment.

406
00:18:17,972 --> 00:18:19,553
That was episode three

407
00:18:19,682 --> 00:18:21,513
of The Golden Age
of Ballooning.

408
00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:24,013
May I remind you that
there '3 still time to get

409
00:18:24,145 --> 00:18:26,056
your Golden Age of
Ballooning suppositories

410
00:18:26,188 --> 00:18:27,348
direct from the BBC,

411
00:18:27,481 --> 00:18:31,099
price 4.50 or 19 pound
for a set of six.

412
00:18:31,193 --> 00:18:32,353
Well, in a moment the BBC

413
00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:34,026
will be closing down
for the night.

414
00:18:34,155 --> 00:18:35,270
But first,

415
00:18:35,364 --> 00:18:36,695
here is a party political
broadcast

416
00:18:36,991 --> 00:18:39,107
on behalf
of the Norwegian Party.

417
00:18:39,201 --> 00:18:42,409
[SPEAKING NORWEGIAN]

418
00:19:20,618 --> 00:19:22,404
[BUZZ/NG]

419
00:19:22,536 --> 00:19:24,527
AN NOUNCER: That broadcast
will be discussed later

420
00:19:24,622 --> 00:19:27,113
by Lord George-Brown,
ex—foreign secretary,

421
00:19:27,249 --> 00:19:29,205
Mr. Sven Olafson,
the eX-Norwegian

422
00:19:29,293 --> 00:19:30,578
minister of finance,

423
00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:32,331
Sir Charles Ollendorff,
ex—chairman

424
00:19:32,421 --> 00:19:34,582
of the Norwegian
Trades Council,

425
00:19:34,674 --> 00:19:36,756
Mr. Hamish McLave/l,
the mayor of Wick,

426
00:19:37,051 --> 00:19:39,212
the nearest large town
to Norway,

427
00:19:39,303 --> 00:19:42,591
Mrs. Betty Norday, whose name
sounds remarkably like Norway,

428
00:19:42,723 --> 00:19:46,341
Mr. Brian Waynor, whose name
is an anagram of Non/Tray,

429
00:19:46,435 --> 00:19:49,097
Mr. and Mrs. Ford, whose name
sounds like fiord,

430
00:19:49,188 --> 00:19:51,270
of which there are
a lot in Norway,

431
00:19:51,399 --> 00:19:52,730
Ron and Christine Bos/OW--

432
00:19:52,983 --> 00:19:55,440
[J‘]

433
00:20:03,369 --> 00:20:06,782
NARRATOR: Ferdinand von Zeppelin
was born in Konstanz in 1838,

434
00:20:07,081 --> 00:20:08,537
the brother of Barry
Zeppelin,

435
00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:10,785
the least talented
of the 14 Zeppelin brothers.

436
00:20:11,085 --> 00:20:13,542
[J‘]

437
00:20:17,091 --> 00:20:18,752
[BLOWING]

438
00:20:28,602 --> 00:20:29,762
Hmm.

439
00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:38,149
[BLOWING]

440
00:20:47,830 --> 00:20:49,240
Hm.

441
00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:55,417
[BLOWING]

442
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,011
Meanwhile,
for Ferdinand von Zeppelin,

443
00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:17,189
the year 1908 was a year
of triumph.

444
00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:20,018
[SYMPHONIC MUSIC PLAYING]

445
00:21:20,154 --> 00:21:22,019
Herr Zeppelin,
it's wonderful.

446
00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:24,321
It's put ballooning
right back on the map.

447
00:21:24,408 --> 00:21:26,569
It's not a balloon.
Do you hear?

448
00:21:26,702 --> 00:21:28,192
It's not a balloon.
It's an airship!

449
00:21:28,329 --> 00:21:30,490
An airship, do you hear?!

450
00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:33,702
Well,
it's very nice anyway.

451
00:21:33,834 --> 00:21:37,326
Tell me, uh, what is
the principle of this balloon?

452
00:21:37,421 --> 00:21:41,334
It's not a balloon, you stupid,
thickheaded, Saxon git!

453
00:21:41,425 --> 00:21:42,835
It's not a balloon!

454
00:21:43,093 --> 00:21:45,129
Balloons is
for kiddy-winkies.

455
00:21:45,221 --> 00:21:48,679
If you want to play
with balloons, get outside!

456
00:21:48,766 --> 00:21:50,722
[SCREAMING]

457
00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:55,557
"Yorkshire pudding.

458
00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:58,230
A type
Of thick pancake,

459
00:21:58,317 --> 00:22:00,057
eaten with Iarge--"

460
00:22:00,110 --> 00:22:02,522
[CRASHING]

461
00:22:09,453 --> 00:22:12,536
Bismarck? Of course I'm not
calling it after Bismarck.

462
00:22:12,623 --> 00:22:14,238
It's a Zeppelin!

463
00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:17,120
It's nothing to do
with bloody Bismarck!

464
00:22:17,253 --> 00:22:18,663
Surely he gave you
some money for it.

465
00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:20,540
Get outside!
[SCREAMING]

466
00:22:26,095 --> 00:22:29,007
"A sort of cream
mouse--

467
00:22:29,098 --> 00:22:32,431
Mousse
--of Italian origin."

468
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,097
[CRASHING]

469
00:22:40,776 --> 00:22:42,016
you just threw out
of the balloon.

470
00:22:42,111 --> 00:22:43,772
It's not
a balloon!

471
00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:46,611
It's an airship!
All right, I'm sorry.

472
00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:48,150
All right,
go and have a look!

473
00:22:48,284 --> 00:22:49,615
No, I'm fine here,
thank you.

474
00:22:49,743 --> 00:22:52,200
[MEN SCREAMING]

475
00:22:53,789 --> 00:22:56,326
"Zucchini.

476
00:22:56,458 --> 00:22:58,619
Italian mallows--"

477
00:22:58,752 --> 00:23:01,243
[CRASHING]

478
00:23:05,301 --> 00:23:07,963
"A garnish
Of finely chopped

479
00:23:08,095 --> 00:23:09,960
or shredded lean ham--"

480
00:23:10,097 --> 00:23:12,304
[CRASHING]

481
00:23:16,061 --> 00:23:18,143
[CRASHING]

482
00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:25,317
[CRASHING]

483
00:23:29,491 --> 00:23:32,324
"A Russian hors d'oeuvre
served--"

484
00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:34,618
[CRASHING]

485
00:23:45,341 --> 00:23:48,048
Oh, look.
It's the chancellor.

486
00:23:48,177 --> 00:23:49,462
Oh.

487
00:23:49,553 --> 00:23:52,215
Prince Von Buelow? Here?
Yeah.

488
00:23:52,348 --> 00:23:55,306
Coming here?
No, no. He is here.

489
00:23:55,392 --> 00:23:58,008
Oh! I must go and
put my Old uniform on.

490
00:23:58,145 --> 00:23:59,681
He won't notice,
Helmut.

491
00:23:59,813 --> 00:24:01,019
He's dead.

492
00:24:01,148 --> 00:24:03,514
Dead? Here?

493
00:24:03,609 --> 00:24:06,021
Ja, in our sitting room.

494
00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:08,352
This is our sitting room,
dean

495
00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:09,983
Ja, well,
you know what I mean.

496
00:24:10,074 --> 00:24:11,610
The drawing room.

497
00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:13,691
Ja. Well, it's a kind of
sitting room.

498
00:24:13,994 --> 00:24:15,450
Well, it's, mmm...

499
00:24:15,537 --> 00:24:17,277
Look.

500
00:24:18,582 --> 00:24:20,368
Which one
is Von Bu%low?

501
00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:23,292
Here, look.
Oh, ja.

502
00:24:23,379 --> 00:24:27,042
Und-- Und Admiral Tirpitz.
Oh, ja, ja.

503
00:24:27,174 --> 00:24:29,586
And von Muller and Reichner.
Oh,ja.

504
00:24:29,718 --> 00:24:31,128
And-- And-- And Hollweg.
Oh.

505
00:24:31,220 --> 00:24:33,461
And von Graunberg.

506
00:24:33,555 --> 00:24:35,420
This isn't
Graunberg.

507
00:24:35,557 --> 00:24:37,718
This is Graunberg.
Oh, yeah?

508
00:24:38,018 --> 00:24:39,758
This is, uh,
Moltke.

509
00:24:40,062 --> 00:24:41,677
Oh,ja.

510
00:24:41,772 --> 00:24:43,808
He's a lot older
than I thought. Oh,ja.

511
00:24:44,066 --> 00:24:46,773
He's a clever
man,ja.

512
00:24:47,069 --> 00:24:48,275
And Zimmermann.
Ja.

513
00:24:48,404 --> 00:24:49,735
And-- And--
And Klimt.

514
00:24:50,030 --> 00:24:52,612
Oh, Klimt, ja.
Oh.

515
00:24:52,741 --> 00:24:54,527
[CLEARS THROAT]

516
00:24:54,618 --> 00:24:56,233
Uh, what shall we do,
Helmut?

517
00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:58,034
We must-- We must
ring the government.

518
00:24:58,122 --> 00:25:00,204
This is the government,
Helmut.

519
00:25:02,001 --> 00:25:03,411
Oh, dear.

520
00:25:03,544 --> 00:25:05,159
It is a great honor

521
00:25:05,254 --> 00:25:07,745
to have so many members
of the government

522
00:25:08,048 --> 00:25:10,084
dead in our sitting room.

523
00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:12,416
Drawing room.
Ja, well...

524
00:25:12,553 --> 00:25:14,760
There are no dead government
members in our sitting room.

525
00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:16,424
Ja, but you know what
I mean.

526
00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:17,755
Well, it's...

527
00:25:23,605 --> 00:25:26,267
Perhaps, eh, I should make
a little speech or something.

528
00:25:26,358 --> 00:25:28,269
Uh, no, not a speech,
Helmut, no.

529
00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:29,600
Shall we make them
a cup of tea?

530
00:25:29,737 --> 00:25:31,773
No, it would be-- It would
be a waste of tea.

531
00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:34,113
We must do something.
SO many important people

532
00:25:34,241 --> 00:25:35,697
in our drawing room.
Must do something.

533
00:25:35,784 --> 00:25:37,149
Uh...

534
00:25:37,286 --> 00:25:39,447
We could...
sort them out.

535
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:42,496
And make a little list.
Ja. Oh,j a, ja, ja.

536
00:25:42,624 --> 00:25:45,115
Good. We could put the
ministers for internal affairs

537
00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:46,495
over against the wall...
Ja.

538
00:25:46,628 --> 00:25:48,459
...and those for internal,
here by the clock.

539
00:25:48,547 --> 00:25:50,253
And sort them out
alphabetically?

540
00:25:50,340 --> 00:25:52,626
Nein, nein, nein, We just
put the cleanest by the door.

541
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,466
Oh, ja.
Ja.

542
00:25:54,595 --> 00:25:56,131
[CLEARS THROAT]
Very good.

543
00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:59,463
[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY,
GRUNTING]

544
00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:01,469
No, no, no, that is--
That is von Buelow

545
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,016
He must go
over here.

546
00:26:03,145 --> 00:26:04,635
But that is
my reading chair.

547
00:26:04,772 --> 00:26:07,309
He is the Reichskanzler
of Germany, Helmut.

548
00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:09,139
All right.
But I think he would

549
00:26:09,276 --> 00:26:11,312
have been better up against
the clock, you know.

550
00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:13,359
No, he would not look
nice under the clock.

551
00:26:13,489 --> 00:26:16,196
I did not say under the clock.
I said against the clock.

552
00:26:16,325 --> 00:26:18,156
Well, then we could not
see the clock.

553
00:26:18,243 --> 00:26:20,074
Put the minister
for the colonies under there.

554
00:26:20,162 --> 00:26:21,368
He's small.

555
00:26:21,497 --> 00:26:22,657
The colonies
are internal affairs.

556
00:26:22,748 --> 00:26:24,113
He must go against
the wall.

557
00:26:24,208 --> 00:26:26,620
Educafion.
Ah!

558
00:26:26,710 --> 00:26:28,325
[GRUNTING]

559
00:26:28,462 --> 00:26:29,497
Soon we'll be able
to make a list.

560
00:26:29,630 --> 00:26:31,166
Oh, ja, ja.

561
00:26:31,298 --> 00:26:34,165
Wait a minute. Who's
that by the cat litter?

562
00:26:34,301 --> 00:26:36,166
I don't know. I've never
seen him before.

563
00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:38,001
He is not a member
of the government.

564
00:26:38,138 --> 00:26:39,253
Get him out of here.

565
00:26:39,348 --> 00:26:40,679
Put him in the drawing room.

566
00:26:40,766 --> 00:26:42,722
He's in the drawing room,
my dear.

567
00:26:43,018 --> 00:26:44,724
Ja, well, you know what I mean.
Put him in the sitting room.

568
00:26:45,020 --> 00:26:46,760
Ja, ja.
It's all the same.

569
00:26:47,022 --> 00:26:48,307
I must put him
in the sitting room

570
00:26:48,398 --> 00:26:50,480
if he's in
the drawing room.

571
00:26:50,567 --> 00:26:52,432
NARRATOR: Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's
behavior on that flight in 1900

572
00:26:52,528 --> 00:26:54,564
had incredible,
far-reaching consequences.

573
00:26:54,696 --> 00:26:56,232
For one of the falling
ministers,

574
00:26:56,365 --> 00:26:58,356
the talented
Herr von Meintlitz,

575
00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:01,283
architect of the new German
expansionist farm policy,

576
00:27:01,370 --> 00:27:03,702
fell on top of an old lady
in Nimwegen,

577
00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:05,321
killing her outright.

578
00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:06,746
Her daughter, Alice,

579
00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:08,452
suffered severe
cerebral damage

580
00:27:08,544 --> 00:27:11,001
from the talented minister's
heavy briefcase...

581
00:27:11,088 --> 00:27:12,419
but was nursed back to life

582
00:27:12,548 --> 00:27:14,755
by an English doctor,
Henderson.

583
00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:16,506
Eventually, they married.

584
00:27:16,593 --> 00:27:18,549
And their eldest son,
George Henderson,

585
00:27:18,637 --> 00:27:21,128
was the father
of Mike Henderson,

586
00:27:21,223 --> 00:27:25,182
producer and director of The
Golden Age of Ballooning.

587
00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:27,555
[J‘]

588
00:27:44,371 --> 00:27:46,737
ANNOUNCER: ...Mr. and
Mrs. Rita Trondheim,

589
00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,614
Reginald Bosankway,

590
00:27:48,750 --> 00:27:51,082
who would be next to Norway
in a rhyming dictionary

591
00:27:51,211 --> 00:27:52,667
if it included proper names,

592
00:27:52,754 --> 00:27:54,585
and if he pronounced
his name like that.

593
00:27:54,715 --> 00:27:57,252
[J‘]