1969: VENICE is SINKING | Cameron Country | Classic Documentary clips

1969: VENICE is SINKING | Cameron Country | Classic Documentary clips | BBC Archive

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@MichealSeaghdha 10 ай бұрын

I learned more about Venice, past and present, in that highly intelligent fifteen minute summary than in the rest of my life put together. The commentary and cinematography were superb and this was a genuine treasure, I suppose just like the city itself.

@ssmith5048 7 ай бұрын

Having a smoke on camera- that alone makes this fab.

@gerryclarke9795 6 ай бұрын

Loved this, commentary delivered by a professional and not by a shouty 'celebrity' and beautifully filmed!

@georgebailey98 10 ай бұрын

This is when James Cameron first came up with the idea for his Titanic movie.

@commoneuropeanstarling 10 ай бұрын

A joke, I hope?

@brendonmcmorrow3886 10 ай бұрын

😂

@schopen-hauer 9 ай бұрын

a joke so dry, i had to drink a glass of water.

@YTispartofproblem 7 ай бұрын

@@commoneuropeanstarling @commoneuropeanstarling serious as cancer rhythm is a dancer!

@commoneuropeanstarling 10 ай бұрын

Beautifully narrated.

@jamiemackle9134 8 ай бұрын

Superb film, wonderful narration.

@mathewgreen4099 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting, a fascinating documentary with an intelligent & entertaining presenter.

@cr6911 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful.

@lkrnpk 10 ай бұрын

This also shows that sinking does not happen in a uear or a decade. 55 years have gone by amd Venice is still there but… still losing population… and sinking

@gump5ter01 10 ай бұрын

“It costs a couple of pennies to get accross” yeah any time I’ve been lately they try to charge 100 euros for 20 mins on one.

@gokce9521 5 ай бұрын

The one he took is now 3 euros

@TheNinjaMarmot 10 ай бұрын

I think the quality of the programmes on the BBC sank faster than Venice over the years.

@gezbo66 10 ай бұрын

😂😂

@jameslenney 9 ай бұрын

I wonder what he’d have said to the assertion “it’s still there, much the same in the year two thousand and twenty four”.

@Buff_Cupcake 10 ай бұрын

This presenter is a proper character.

@JayStapley 6 ай бұрын

One of Britain’s greatest journalists. (He was in fact Scottish.) His report on the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll is a work of genius.

@76ToneCrome 10 ай бұрын

Never say to a Venetian: "Have you ever had that sinking feeling?" I said it once, but I think I got away with it.

@heraldeventsandfilms5970 10 ай бұрын

Unfunny r.sole.

@willowbrooke1215 10 ай бұрын

You couldn't sink any lower making damp jokes like that.

@adamcfmacdonald 10 ай бұрын

I wish I could watch the whole film

@pawelpap9 6 ай бұрын

Indeed, I remember these times. Within a decade the only way to see Venice was supposed to be a submarine. Half a century later it is still standing. Now I understand Maldives are supposed to sink within few years unless we give them gazillion dollars and stop driving cars in the US.

@paultout4087 9 күн бұрын

It's now protected by a seaward barrier, MOSE, costing €6.2 billion. Much of the problem alluded to by Cameron was solved by the industry in mainland Mestre ceasing the pumping of billions of litres of water from the aquifer beneath the city. That said, average sea levels are still rising 5mm a year.

@paultout4087 9 күн бұрын

@andrewferrier3351 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic

@markshaw-sh6by 10 ай бұрын

2024 and it’s still there

@syedalamgir5838 10 ай бұрын

Nice Venice

@-Luka-Brazi 6 ай бұрын

Waters are RISING is what you want to say.

@andydixon2980 10 ай бұрын

Was anyone else waiting for our presenter to lose his balance on the Gondola?

@postscript67 9 ай бұрын

He had a good sense of balance for a man who had as close a working relationship with whisky as Venice has with water.

@Withtheghostoftomjoad 10 ай бұрын

The contrast between this intelligent report and the mindless guff we are exposed to today explains a lot about society then and now. To get people to watch for 15 minutes without looking at their phones would be impossible.