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Written by: JungleBoy [13/07/11, 18:01] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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History is littered with mysterious achievements, feats that cannot be explained by the known technology of the time. This series tackles four of these exploits, glimpsed through centuries-old literature and art, which were miraculously advanced for their time. Now, historians, technicians and artisans have come together to try to equal their forebears' genius and expertise and understand how these major achievements came about. Part 2. Fireship In 674 AD the gates of Constantinople were under attack from the massed armies of the emerging Islamic world. It seemed as if the most prestigious city in Christendom was about to fall to the infidels, but then Constantinople unleashed a secret, new and highly powerful weapon: the fireship. Now two teams of specialists are aiming to recreate the fireship. It had on board two formidable weapons: a catapult and a flame-thrower. In France, one team re-build the catapult, with its complicated firing mechanisms; in the UK another team develop the pump system used to project the blazing oil. When the two teams meet up in a Maltese harbour to test out their work, results are, initially at least, somewhat mixed. Channel 4 Site: http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/M/machines_time_forgot/index.html  Technical Spec Video Codec: x264 CABAC Video Bitrate: 1800 Kbps Video Aspect Ratio: 1.777:1 Video Resolution: 1024x576 Audio Codec: AC3 Audio Bitrate: 128 Kbps CBR 48KHz Audio Channels: 2 Run-Time: 49 mins Framerate: 25 FPS Number of Parts: 4 Part Size: 680 MB Source: HDTV (upscaled) Ripped by JungleBoy |
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