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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪♪♪
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.68,0:00:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Bayeux Tapestry.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.04,0:00:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was commissioned to celebrate \NWilliam's conquest of England.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.02,0:00:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it begins with the \Nevents that led up to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.72,0:00:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The death of Edward the Confessor,\NKing of England.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.15,0:00:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the succession of a new king, Harold.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.94,0:00:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's magical to be taken back a \N1,000 years in this dark chamber
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.22,0:00:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see history spelt out for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.21,0:00:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,70 meters long right down to the end,\Nright round to the back.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.15,0:00:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the story very vividly told.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.90,0:00:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time, \Nalong the freezes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.79,0:01:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,top and bottom, \Nwonderfully vivid pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.77,0:01:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them of Aesop's Fables,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.90,0:01:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of little stories,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.07,0:01:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some little nobody knows what they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.94,0:01:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little details of farming life here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.20,0:01:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plowing, sowing, \Nand a man killing birds with a sling.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.36,0:01:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not strictly speaking a tapestry,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.90,0:01:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's actually needle work, \Nsown with wool onto linen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.15,0:01:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suppose the story that we know \Nbest begins with the death of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.91,0:01:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Edward the Confessor and his \Nburial in Westminster Abbey.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.50,0:01:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Westminster Abbey here with \Nthe hand of God, blessing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.46,0:01:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here, Harold receiving the crown,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.100,0:01:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with his orb and his scepter,\Npeople looking on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.71,0:01:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then spies come across and\Nexplain to William and Normandy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.18,0:01:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's happened in England that \NHarold has seized the crown.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.91,0:02:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here he orders ships \Nto be built for an invasion.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.15,0:02:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first thing to cut down the trees,\Nand start building the ships.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.78,0:02:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Putting aboard suits of chainmail,\Nneeding two men to carry them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.98,0:02:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And spears, arrows, and the last stages to\Nget the horses on board these long ships.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.80,0:02:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very tricky.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.92,0:02:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they didn't look particularly happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.16,0:02:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boats set sail.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.94,0:02:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They cross over to Pevensey.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.48,0:02:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Land safely at Pevensey, go ashore.\NAnd then the real task begins.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.46,0:02:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first, the army has to be fed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.20,0:02:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a terrine there being boiled;\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.59,0:02:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's sort of chicken kabobs,\Nthey look like.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.64,0:02:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here, William feasting with his men.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.10,0:02:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they're preparing for war.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.76,0:02:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They build a castle of wood at Hastings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.55,0:03:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,William's followers set light to \Nsome of the Anglo-Saxon houses.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.77,0:03:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A woman leading her child \Naway from her burning house.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.61,0:03:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then battle commences.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.35,0:03:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quite slowly to start with, with the \NCalvary charging against Harold's forces.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.68,0:03:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heads chopped off.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.44,0:03:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hands chopped off.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.33,0:03:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the battle rages all day long.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.36,0:03:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the confusion of the battle, \Nas swords and axes clang against shields,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.34,0:03:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dangerous rumor sweeps \NWilliam's army that he has been killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.54,0:03:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what does he do?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.78,0:03:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He turns around in his saddle,\Nlifts his helmet off,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.50,0:03:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shows himself to his troops.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.48,0:03:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the battle goes on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.46,0:04:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we come to the famous design\Nof Harold with the arrow in his eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.50,0:04:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody quite knows whether \Nthat is what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.47,0:04:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here, slaughtered.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.93,0:04:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen this many times.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.30,0:04:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I see it, \NI have to say it just brings the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.50,0:04:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whole story of William's \Ninvasion of England alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.64,0:04:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You really feel here because \Nthis was done by people living
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.46,0:04:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only a few years after the event.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.39,0:04:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You really feel the power and\Nthe passion that went into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.04,0:04:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a completely magical work of art.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.09,0:04:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪♪♪