Where were the Sutton Hoo Treasures during World War Two?

[@GaryNichols]

The world owes Basil Brown and Edith Pretty a huge thank you. What a find and gift to the British Museum.

[@ridethecurve55]

Were the adjacent mounds also excavated since 1939, and if so, what was found in those? Asking for a friend.

[@zh84]

What a superb little documentary. I will show it to my father, who was in London during the Blitz. A bomb hit the house opposite, but his family all survived.

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

@zh84 - My dear old Mum was born in the East End (Stepney/Limehouse) and spent her earliest years living through the German Blitz bombardments...

[@Dracheneks]

I visit Sutton Hoo regularly due to it being fairly local and it is incredible. The museum there holds many things, Mrs Pretty's manor is there and open as an attraction, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about the helmet and history around that time as a whole. It's great to see some history from our eastern county make it to the British museum. The helmet is well deserving of being there.

[@megamegacoolman]

I love how the museum puts out these fascinating documentaries. Top work.

[@StedelijkMuseumAmsterdam]

Very interesting story on how these objects were kept safe during the war. Thank you for the nice little documentary, British Museum!

[@johnclerk1195]

Well done! I have had the Sutton Wo on my bucket list for years. Living in America I don't get the chance to come to the UK very often.

[@justinenoades1697]

Solid job BM crew, this is awesome mini doc

[@hobuspobus]

Wonderful presenter! Great stuff I will check the podcast 😁

[@davidmartin1793]

Nicely presented mini documentary, thanks.

[@asliyase]

I really enjoyed this topic and its presentation. Thanks British Museum.

[@magalidequillacq4319]

Great video, great host :) :) Thanks BM!

[@megspears7013]

this was incredibly detailed and really interesting. Thanks alot for the info

[@mrmartin2079]

Very interesting ,thanks for the podcast tips

[@andrewmcphee8965]

Awesome and very entertaining video, thanks so much, I hope to visit the BM one day.

[@607]

Amazing video! Great job!

[@kyzasosa3861]

Interesting. Thank you. We just finished watching the movie 'The Dig' about the excavation of the Sutton Hoo site.

[@hildaalderton4513]

Wonderful movie!!! And now looking for more news about the excavation!!!!

[@ruyfranco3041]

Very good dear! Keep searching, ok? Best regards

[@paulmaritz]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. :-)

[@nicnicbrad1979]

Thank you for all this information

[@lumikelluked]

Netflix movie The Dig brought me here. Interesting BM-guidance. Thank you,

[@SimonClark]

This was really very good - I learned a lot! The sound effects are a little too loud though, it sounds like you need to dial them back by a few dB and maybe applying an EQ filter so they don't interfere with the voiceover. But all the same, this was a great watch :)

[@inessamaria2428]

Great video!

[@MeaveChan]

Love this. Thanks! Now to subscribe to the podcast - off I go!

[@greenapple0811]

dude I would skate so hard in that tunnel as a kid

[@cashenjoe1]

Fantastic video! Thank you from the USA :)

[@reginaromsey]

Great narrator!

[@ridethecurve55]

When I was in London about 18 -20 years ago, I am almost certain that there was charge for entry. When did the policy change?

[@dgscanlan]

Fascinating!

[@Karrenola]

Fascinating.

[@ThePbird1]

Incredible experience. Don’t miss it

[@IshtarNike]

Isn't that the station near Kings College on the strand. I think I've seen it, thought it was called Strand.

[@JohnyG29]

It's a disused station.

[@netdog713]

Did they store the tardis down there?

[@slick4401]

My favorite building in the world is the British Museum.

[@AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible]

Great stuff, I really enjoyed, but a couple of constructive suggestions: Slow down the delivery, take a more conversational tone, it's too fast for some to understand easily. When you show old pictures, such as the ones from the German bombing, don't put "flickering and aging" effects over them, we know they are old, and would like to see them as clearly as possible. Many thanks.

[@nilesbutler8638]

1:00 free of charge? The BM takes no entrance fee nowadays? I seem to remember from my last London-vacation that I paid before entering....

[@britishmuseum]

We've been free since 1759, some temporary shows are charged for, but not general admittance 🤔

[@nilesbutler8638]

@@britishmuseum Ah, yes, thats possible. Thanks.

[@urf808]

Not Anglo Saxon. That's Scythian head piece for children of the King would wear anytime they were in public. That way the Scythians protected the line of the King. You didn't know what the children looked like and you could not assassinated them or end the line. In no way it's a Anglo Saxon burial. That's not a fishing vessel, so it is the child of a King.

[@kcharles8857]

excellent

[@vasantavalencia7829]

Молодец! Мне понравилось. Успехов!

[@tiggurai]

1:09 it was time for the BM to start evacuating

[@heru-deshet359]

Sadly Mrs. Pretty died of a stroke shortly after her gift in 1942.

[@jpdeviant7703]

aldwych 1997? please change the video

[@ellicooper2323]

Is scarily a word? I’m going to use it. ‘The black cloaked man scarily followed me down the alley’

[@964cuplove]

Skipping over the details of her wanting to dig and nobody believing her at first…

[@ChaosPromotions]

\m/ get in

[@Super-ew1ty]

Think I'll dig my back yard.

[@kopito19]

Thanks for sharing from Spain... It's a shame you won't be europeans anymore...

[@rcsor3]

I'm quite certain that's not his natural hair color.

[@keybuckley]

Old Witch

[@aprose]

Interesting story. Shame about the filming and editing. Like watching someone play a video game! Feel seasick.

[@liamhackett7997]

Oh man, that last line. Terrible British punnery at its finest.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

None ever died from lead based paint. Now please learn a New York accent and put on a stripey suit so your hand gestures make sense.

[@ak20k6]

Museum of looted artifacts and goods!

[@mercurialinterference6931]

First? First.

[@FirstLast-so9bi]

WTF with the hair? Looks like a red hair hat / cap.

[@bashkillszombies]

What an unprofessional looking host. I can't take someone who intentionally makes themselves look ridiculous seriously.

[@EleanorPeterson]

I know what you mean, but I'm sure it was a deliberate choice. The British Museum people will be well aware of the way Brits and museums are regarded internationally: Brits are stuck-up and aloof; curators are as old as their exhibits; and all museums are boring because they're not full of explosions, video games, rap music, babes, bouncing boobs and buttocks. Any Brit below the age of 85 will tell you that the stereotypes are utter nonsense, but it's true that people outside the UK dismiss us as a nation of Julie Andrews/ Mary Poppins clones. One way to change their minds is to show a more relaxed side of things. Wild hair, informal speech and casual clothes may not be 'academically correct', but I thought the content was entertaining and the information was accurate. These Curator's Corner and extra content segments are meant to be quirky because the Museum's giving its usually unseen backroom boys and girls a chance to shine. I think this video would only have been wrong if the facts were missing or misleading or if the youthful presentation posed a risk to artefacts and exhibits. I remember when the classical violinist Nigel Kennedy first achieved recognition; despite his virtuoso talent, there were many music lovers who simply couldn't accept his hair, clothes, and so-called 'uneducated' speech. Ah, the secret is to watch with your ears and listen with your eyes... ;-)

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

What is ridiculous about him???

[@Liofa73]

I see Donald Trump hair has become fashionable with the youth...

[@Liofa73]

I hope the podcast presentation is better than the presentation in this video, far too rushed and awkward.