I'm in school right now and doing a PowerPoint on the military throughout history and I'm currently at the Victorian and need help - this has proven to be a gift from up above! I'm glad I decided to wath Horrible Histories ever since it first aired back in 2009! THANK YOU UPLOADER OF THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!
Actually - 'Twas the age of Queen Victoria's' is the opening line of the song, It's much easier to call them all Victorians, and because it's a British show, we remember things by Monarch or Dynasty until 1914 so Victorian is easier than saying 1836 - 1901 and Britain was the leading nation at that point so it is also called Victorian in other countries too
I think it's almost impossible for any British TV show to have a scene with a conveyer belt without having the cuddly toy reference to The Generation Game
the girl in this is Alice Lowe, and yes, she is nice to look at :) and all those people argueing about historical accuracy, thanks for keeping us informed :) but dont take it too seriously :L:L
To all: No countries are mentioned in this song, that is because they are singing about inventions made during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901). They're labelled as Victorian inventions as this is a British television show and most Britons know the name of the ages better, it also shows the great progress made in the reign of one monarch better than others (she was the longest reign of the period I believe)
i have to learn the female part for this cuz im makin a play in my school!! i no the words but im sooo shy,plz give me tips on how to preform infront of the whole school and parents!! GULP
@ChemicalCorpse1 He's still credited as being the "Canadian" inventor because it was invented in Canada but before he officially gained citizenship. So really the phone's Canadian even if he isn't. That being said I'm Scot-Canadian so it's a win-win for me :D Cheers!
True, but like I said before, it's a children's television show and so it is easier to remember them as by people from the Victorian age (Victorian) and other parts of the show do say where a lot of the inventions come from, like Nobel being the inventor of dynamite etc
The teddy bear is a soft toy in the form of a bear. Developed apparently simultaneously by toymakers Morris Michtom in the US and Richard Steiff in Germany in the early years of the 20th century, and named after President Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr., the teddy bear became an iconic children's toy, celebrated in story, song and film. Since the creation of the first teddy bears which sought to imitate the form of real bear cubs, "teddies" have greatly varied in form, style and material. They have become collector's items, with older and rarer "teddies" appearing at public auctions. Teddy bears are among the most popular gifts for children and are often given to adults to signify love, congratulations or sympathy.
I think they're referring to the age of invention, not specifically the country. Teddy Bears are an American invention, inspired, of course, by Teddy Roosevelt.
@Zero7evenX btw, from Wikipedia "Dynamite was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Krümmel (Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany), and patented in 1867. Its name is derived from Greek roots that literally mean "connected with power."
You're nearly right, the first "producing" oil well was drilled by Edwin Drake in Titusville PA in 1859. It wasn't until the invention of the automobile in 1896 by Daimler and Benz in Germany that petrol was used for transportation.
Flushing Loo patented 1778 by Joseph Bramah, During the Georgian era 41 years before Victoria was born. First Train built 1804 by Richard Trevithick. Also Georgian era 15 years before Victoria was born.
First locks were Egyptian however, The victorians made a massive leap in locking technology especially in Britain with the need for more secure locks, The government at the time offered £100 to ant person who could make a lock that could only be opened by it's own key, The Chubb brothers collected it and started making the Chubb Detector Locks
@YeslamEccentric he started the Nobel prizes. His name was Alfred Nobel and they named the prizes in his honor. And there are different Nobel prizes, not just for peace but for physics, chemistry, and I think medicine, and more.
@Jadehavenacademy Yes, but as Scotland is part of Britain he is still classed as "British" and as he lived during the Victorian period, his invention, the telephone, is still a Victorian invention first made in Great Britain.
the subway in london was the first to open. opened in 1863 the year f the battle of gettysburg in pennsylvania. in the 1890's the boston T subway was opened and became the oldest subway in america also new york is also old. the LA metro red line was opened in the 1990s.
OH MY GOSH just realised that this tune is taken from the musical 'half a six-pence'!!!!! Was watching it and the song came on at the end. I almost fell of the sofa!!! I was like 'I KNEW I'DE HEARD IT SOMWHERE!!!!' XD
Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish, and he beat Elisha Gray (an american) to the patent office by a matter of hours making him the OFFICIAL inventor of the telephone! A simple internet search shows this DOOFUS!!! (Unless you have seen the "Reichenbach Falls" episode of Sherlock you won't get that remark!)
i appreciated HH that why i suppose that a era for example the Victorian used worldwide, like british, france, russian, spanish, italian, american, swedish victorian-time.
I like this song but I'm not sure it's one of the more funny ones - however I did learn a lot! I kind of feels like it's trying to readdress the balance after 'British Things' in series 1 by saying 'actually all these things were invented by Victorians and are therefore (I assume) British' despite the fact that Americans are the first to patent and therefore get all the credit and the money...
@tomizdabest1 They're talking about inventions of the time period but some of them you are right, except for the fact that Alexander Grahm Bell was Scottish but technicalities technicalities.
During the later Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), an Arab traveler to China in the year 851 AD remarked: "They [the Chinese] are not careful about cleanliness, and they do not wash themselves with water when they have done their necessities; but they only wipe themselves with paper."
As a man who was born in Scotland he was Scottish, a Scotsman invented the telephone so the telephone was adopted as a Scottish invention: along with the television (John Logie-Baird), the bicycle (Kirkpatrick MacMillan, although that is open for debate, Thomas McCall), coal gas lighting (William Murdoch, not the same one as on Titanic), passenger steamboats (Henry Bell). I could go on but I'm running out of Characters! And you've obviously never seen Sherlock!
Erm... No, they quite specifically say these were inventions from the Victorian age. As in the time period. As in the way that the British mark time periods. You can kick, scream, and hiss, but the song very, very specifically says this marks inventions made in, "The age of Queen Victoria".
@Zero7evenX Wrong. Henry Bessemer got the patent for a certain process to make molten Steel. But Molten Steel was already known in the 18th century. Dynamite was a invention of a german, like the cars. Tarmac was alrady known to the Greeks, Sumerians and Romans, as Tarmac is a natural ressource. Modern Tarmactechnology is founded by Eyrinis d'Eyrinis, who was a greek. And it was founded in 1721.
Yes, obviously, the Victorians were British. However, the Victorian age can refer to both America and England. American Victorianism was influenced by this period and lifestyle. It was during this time that many elaborately decorated homes were built in the U.S. that we now call Victorians. So, let's not get all huffy about who did what - just enjoy the video. I know I did! I'm hooked and definitely going to watch the others.
the Victorians is an era in British history not a place. the Victorian era covers 1837 to 1901 so please stop complaining its starting to drive me mad when I read comments saying that an item that was made between 1837-1901 is not Victorian because its from a different country it has nothing to do with a country only the year that it was invented
Other most notable locks of the era were Joseph Bramah's Lock, Cotterills Climax detector lock (Never to this day been picked) and the Day & Newall/Hobbs Paurotoptic lock, I apologise for 2 replies, TH-cam automatically posted the replies when I pressed the enter key, YT is getting worse.
Ben's "well" at :32 - swoon worthy *flutters*
I require Ben Willbond to wear suits with cravats more often. This would make my life a better place.
"a Chap called Henry Bessemer created molten steel, Which lead to other chaps inventing the Automobile.
i rest my case.
I'm in school right now and doing a PowerPoint on the military throughout history and I'm currently at the Victorian and need help - this has proven to be a gift from up above! I'm glad I decided to wath Horrible Histories ever since it first aired back in 2009! THANK YOU UPLOADER OF THIS VIDEO!!!!!!!
Oh god, the Generation Game reference at 2:07 takes me right back to childhood.
Actually - 'Twas the age of Queen Victoria's' is the opening line of the song, It's much easier to call them all Victorians, and because it's a British show, we remember things by Monarch or Dynasty until 1914 so Victorian is easier than saying 1836 - 1901 and Britain was the leading nation at that point so it is also called Victorian in other countries too
Ben's got a great voice *swoon*
My fav part is “just one little over sew kaboom ‘cough cough’ we invented dynamite”
Oversight
Thank goodness for Horrible Histories! This is what got me into history. ♥
"is that all?"
"well"well there he gos again
Listen to Ben saying "Well..." through your headphones full blast! O_O
I think it's almost impossible for any British TV show to have a scene with a conveyer belt without having the cuddly toy reference to The Generation Game
The latest flushing LOOS!
MY favourite bit :D
I envy that man's accent
lol this got me a 6c in my essay on the industrial revolution, thanks :)
Ben Willbond and Matthew Baynton are the best ;) xx
Horrible histories is literally what made me love history
I love this song, the style is like Baggy Trousers by Madness
I swear this is the only skit I've seen without mat in it
The best invention listed in that song is toilet paper. Seriously, trying going a DAY without that marvelous stuff.
the girl in this is Alice Lowe, and yes, she is nice to look at :) and all those people argueing about historical accuracy, thanks for keeping us informed :) but dont take it too seriously :L:L
Nice is certainly understating it.
1:10 - Great Job, Marconi.
Play, pause then play the video again and keep clicking 2 for a never ending loop of the sexiest "well" you will ever hear
This song is really really catchy...
oh my goodness! thank you so much, its been bugging me for AGES!
1:15 - Good going, Alex Bell.
This is really catching. I like it!
To all: No countries are mentioned in this song, that is because they are singing about inventions made during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901). They're labelled as Victorian inventions as this is a British television show and most Britons know the name of the ages better, it also shows the great progress made in the reign of one monarch better than others (she was the longest reign of the period I believe)
i didn't know they made that many things :)
i love himm soo much
It's surprising that cuddly toys are only 110 years old, before I saw this song I always thought they were much older!
During Queen Victoria's rule, there was a period called The Industrial Revolution.
That "we invented... Dinamite
..." was said just like a soldier reporting to his commander after a rush towards him in my imagination!
i have to learn the female part for this cuz im makin a play in my school!!
i no the words but im sooo shy,plz give me tips on how to preform infront of the whole school and parents!! GULP
I remember when I was 10 (9 years ago now) collecting the Horrible History Mags ... memories :)
this comment is so old ahaha
@ChemicalCorpse1 He's still credited as being the "Canadian" inventor because it was invented in Canada but before he officially gained citizenship. So really the phone's Canadian even if he isn't. That being said I'm Scot-Canadian so it's a win-win for me :D Cheers!
lol would love to meet the cast of HH especially matt...I WANT A TYPEWRITER! (sorry im really old-fashioned and insane :D)
Hey I *LOVE* this song.
True, but like I said before, it's a children's television show and so it is easier to remember them as by people from the Victorian age (Victorian) and other parts of the show do say where a lot of the inventions come from, like Nobel being the inventor of dynamite etc
The teddy bear is a soft toy in the form of a bear. Developed apparently simultaneously by toymakers Morris Michtom in the US and Richard Steiff in Germany in the early years of the 20th century, and named after President Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt, Jr., the teddy bear became an iconic children's toy, celebrated in story, song and film. Since the creation of the first teddy bears which sought to imitate the form of real bear cubs, "teddies" have greatly varied in form, style and material. They have become collector's items, with older and rarer "teddies" appearing at public auctions. Teddy bears are among the most popular gifts for children and are often given to adults to signify love, congratulations or sympathy.
I think they're referring to the age of invention, not specifically the country. Teddy Bears are an American invention, inspired, of course, by Teddy Roosevelt.
Not all stuffed animals were Teddy bears, and Teddy bears certainly weren't the first.
The British are truly amazing :)
8 years late but,
Thank you
2:33 - Way to go, Alfred Nobel.
Such inventive zeal!
My teacher actually showed us this song in class then told us to do a poster of the inventions then she told us to watch this at home xD
@Zero7evenX
btw, from Wikipedia
"Dynamite was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Krümmel (Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany), and patented in 1867. Its name is derived from Greek roots that literally mean "connected with power."
Elizabeth II is catching up at nearly 61 years. Victoria ruled for 64.
This commemt is well over ten years old now, and Elizabeth the Second outreigned Victoria by quite a bit. RIP you magnificent lady!
My friend Tom is playing the piano in this video!
You're nearly right, the first "producing" oil well was drilled by Edwin Drake in Titusville PA in 1859. It wasn't until the invention of the automobile in 1896 by Daimler and Benz in Germany that petrol was used for transportation.
I love Victorian fashion
Period fashions can be brilliant on some females. The lady in this vid was quite smashing!
@tiagandremo the song is about inventions made during the victorian period but rockets were developed long before the victorian era
Flushing Loo patented 1778 by Joseph Bramah, During the Georgian era 41 years before Victoria was born.
First Train built 1804 by Richard Trevithick. Also Georgian era 15 years before Victoria was born.
The guy who invented dynamite is first of all swedish and second off all he invented the nobel price.
The telephone was no good till a second phone was made. hahaha
@Kagama
Yes it was invented by Nobel. BUT the actual location where it was invented was at Nobels Nitro Glycerin factory in Scotland
First locks were Egyptian however, The victorians made a massive leap in locking technology especially in Britain with the need for more secure locks, The government at the time offered £100 to ant person who could make a lock that could only be opened by it's own key, The Chubb brothers collected it and started making the Chubb Detector Locks
This song saved my history homework
@YeslamEccentric he started the Nobel prizes. His name was Alfred Nobel and they named the prizes in his honor. And there are different Nobel prizes, not just for peace but for physics, chemistry, and I think medicine, and more.
I played this video at the same time at the one on the tv. Sounded like a stadium or something XD
@Jadehavenacademy Yes, but as Scotland is part of Britain he is still classed as "British" and as he lived during the Victorian period, his invention, the telephone, is still a Victorian invention first made in Great Britain.
the subway in london was the first to open. opened in 1863 the year f the battle of gettysburg in pennsylvania. in the 1890's the boston T subway was opened and became the oldest subway in america also new york is also old. the LA metro red line was opened in the 1990s.
FILMS = NO MORE VAUDEVILLE = NO MORE SCHOOL MUSICALS CALLED 'VAUDEVILLE'. THANK YOU VICTORIANS!!!!
*cough cough, wheeze wheeze...* i *herm* like dynamite...
OH MY GOSH just realised that this tune is taken from the musical 'half a six-pence'!!!!! Was watching it and the song came on at the end. I almost fell of the sofa!!! I was like 'I KNEW I'DE HEARD IT SOMWHERE!!!!'
XD
Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish, and he beat Elisha Gray (an american) to the patent office by a matter of hours making him the OFFICIAL inventor of the telephone! A simple internet search shows this DOOFUS!!! (Unless you have seen the "Reichenbach Falls" episode of Sherlock you won't get that remark!)
i bet he didnt even beat elisha gray they just chose him because hes a man
2:12 - and the year after Ed the 7th stepped in for her.
just one little oversight!
BOOM!!
*Cough* We invented dynamite.
i appreciated HH that why i suppose that a era for example the Victorian used worldwide, like british, france, russian, spanish, italian, american, swedish victorian-time.
I like this song but I'm not sure it's one of the more funny ones - however I did learn a lot! I kind of feels like it's trying to readdress the balance after 'British Things' in series 1 by saying 'actually all these things were invented by Victorians and are therefore (I assume) British' despite the fact that Americans are the first to patent and therefore get all the credit and the money...
Look up the Babbage Analytic Device. The plan are 200 years old, but built strictly following them, it works perfectly.
@tomizdabest1 They're talking about inventions of the time period but some of them you are right, except for the fact that Alexander Grahm Bell was Scottish but technicalities technicalities.
That woman reminds me of mrs. quickly from nanny mcphee. Hello, you can call me auntie silmer, now let daddy have a chat with your new mummy!
wow ive learn more in this 2min vid than i did in a whole year of school
@indianajoneszilla The first inventor of the electric light bulb was not Thomas Alva Edison but James Lindsay, a Scottish schoolmaster
love ben in this!
During the later Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), an Arab traveler to China in the year 851 AD remarked:
"They [the Chinese] are not careful about cleanliness, and they do not wash themselves with water when they have done their necessities; but they only wipe themselves with paper."
During the last photo shows who invented the bunny ears gesture XD
As a man who was born in Scotland he was Scottish, a Scotsman invented the telephone so the telephone was adopted as a Scottish invention: along with the television (John Logie-Baird), the bicycle (Kirkpatrick MacMillan, although that is open for debate, Thomas McCall), coal gas lighting (William Murdoch, not the same one as on Titanic), passenger steamboats (Henry Bell). I could go on but I'm running out of Characters! And you've obviously never seen Sherlock!
@baddhatt I think they are talking about everyone who lived during the Victorian era in general.
That's awkward because I have a teddy bear right next to me named Teddy.
1. the Tudors made the fist flush tolite
2. they just improved to the modern tolit paper
3. and the acet Greeks made the first locks
1:27-1:34 is the best part
x rays - and yes but they were discovered by Rontgen in 1895 - so within the Victorian era.
Erm... No, they quite specifically say these were inventions from the Victorian age. As in the time period. As in the way that the British mark time periods. You can kick, scream, and hiss, but the song very, very specifically says this marks inventions made in, "The age of Queen Victoria".
Wow!This video created when I was born.
1:17 That's my way to greet people XD
I like it when she goes what a pitcha what a pitcha
*posh accent* drumroll please lets raise the tension!!!
l0l
I like how they don't have the same people on the singing numbers.
@Zero7evenX Wrong. Henry Bessemer got the patent for a certain process to make molten Steel.
But Molten Steel was already known in the 18th century.
Dynamite was a invention of a german, like the cars. Tarmac was alrady known to the Greeks, Sumerians and Romans, as Tarmac is a natural ressource. Modern Tarmactechnology is founded by Eyrinis d'Eyrinis, who was a greek. And it was founded in 1721.
Dynamite is swedish (what made Nobel famous) and Aspirin is french-german.
Anyone notice that at 1.24 they say "...the latest flushing loos..." then at 1.38 they say "...toilets..."?
Yes, obviously, the Victorians were British. However, the Victorian age can refer to both America and England. American Victorianism was influenced by this period and lifestyle. It was during this time that many elaborately decorated homes were built in the U.S. that we now call Victorians. So, let's not get all huffy about who did what - just enjoy the video. I know I did! I'm hooked and definitely going to watch the others.
the Victorians is an era in British history not a place. the Victorian era covers 1837 to 1901 so please stop complaining its starting to drive me mad when I read comments saying that an item that was made between 1837-1901 is not Victorian because its from a different country it has nothing to do with a country only the year that it was invented
It would be nice if the song mentioned that not all these inventions where made in England.
had a competition the other day our group lip sung to this song and got first place
in the time of queen victoria most of the countries that these things were made in were part of the British Empire.
which is why they're included
@telephone7300 is that Mat playing the piano? I thought it was just some random bloke...
Other most notable locks of the era were Joseph Bramah's Lock, Cotterills Climax detector lock (Never to this day been picked) and the Day & Newall/Hobbs Paurotoptic lock, I apologise for 2 replies, TH-cam automatically posted the replies when I pressed the enter key, YT is getting worse.
OMG am I weird to think that the woman (at some angles) look just like Phil from amazing Phil?? LOL I can't be the only one right?? xD
CANNOT UNSEE.
Harry Rickard and she's even British lol xD
misc mc Yep! Although I think she's quite attractive so does that make me also attracted to Phil's face? xD
Harry Rickard lol i hope i didn't switch any unwanted buttons for you there xD
misc mc Ha ha ha! Oh god... xD