1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Hey y'all, we're rerunning two episodes today in Troy. The 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: show Hi, I'm Eves and Welcome to This Day in 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: History Class, a show that uncovers history one day at 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: a time. The day was May nine. The first public 5 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: demonstration of the kinetoscope was held at the Brooklyn Institute 6 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: of Arts and Sciences. The kinetoscope was an early motion 7 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: picture device in which people viewed images through a people 8 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 1: at the top. By the end of the nineteenth century, 9 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: the concept of moving images had permeated the tech world. 10 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 1: The zoo practice scope, invented by photographer Edward Moybridge, showed 11 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: a sequence of still photographs in successive phases of movement. 12 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: Multiple cameras were used to record these images. Inspired by 13 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: the development of motion picture devices and a visit to 14 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: Moiberg Labs, inventor Thomas Edison decided to design a device 15 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: of his own that could record successive images in a 16 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: single camera and reproduce objects in motion. In eighteen ninety, 17 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: Thomas Edison commissioned William Dixon to build the first modern 18 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: motion picture camera. The camera was called the Kinetograph. The 19 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: kinetograph was a motion picture camera that used celluloid film 20 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: that was fed through the camera with the system of sprockets. 21 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 1: The next year, Edison and Dickson developed the Kinetoscope, a 22 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: single viewer peep show device where film was moved past 23 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: a light. A prototype of the device was shown to 24 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs in 25 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: May of eighteen ninety one. The Kinetoscope was completed by 26 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: eighteen ninety two, and in eight three Edison completed construction 27 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: of the first motion picture production studio in West Orange, 28 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: New Jersey. The single room production center was nicknamed the 29 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: Black Rhea, and it cost a little more than six 30 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: dollars to construct, which would be about sixteen thousand bucks today. 31 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: The Kinetoscope was supposed to premiere at the Chicago World's 32 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: Fair in eighteen ninety three, but it did not have 33 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: his big opening on May one at the exposition as 34 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: planned because of production delays and a nervous breakdown Dixon Head. 35 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: Historians debate whether a kinetoscope was actually on display at 36 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: the fair at all, but on May ninth, viewers lined 37 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: up after a lecture at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts 38 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:35,839 Speaker 1: and Sciences to see two films on the Kinetoscope. One 39 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: was called Blacksmithing Scene, a film that Edison created in 40 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: his New Jersey studio in late April of eight It 41 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: was the first film of more than a few feet 42 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: to be publicly exhibited, and it included the first instance 43 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: of screen acting, since the film's subjects were not actually blacksmiths. 44 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: Blacksmithing Scene is also one of the earliest surviving complete 45 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: motion pictures on film. The other film that was shown, 46 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: one about horse shoeing, is now lost. An article in 47 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: the July issue of the Alton Telegraph out of Illinois 48 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: set the following about blacksmithing scene. The scene represented three 49 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: men in a forge hammering a piece of red hot iron. 50 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: The picture was so perfect an action, perspective, and proportion 51 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: that it was exactly the same as if the scene 52 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: was witnessed through a camera obscura. Every action of the 53 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: men was shown. One suddenly threw down his hammer and 54 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: motioned toward a bottle of lager beer on the ground. 55 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: This was handed to him by one of the other men. 56 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: He lifted it to his mouth and took a long drink, 57 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: and after handing it to the second man, spat on 58 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: his hands and grabbed his hammer, beginning to pound the 59 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: iron on the anvil with renewed strength. The smoke from 60 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: the forge rose steadily into the air and curves and circles, 61 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: and the sparks from the anvil flew in all directions. 62 00:03:54,680 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: In Kinetoscope parlors opened around the world, and by Edison 63 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: had introduced the Kineta phone, which combined the kinetoscope with 64 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: the phonograph to have found accompany the motion picture. But 65 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: soon the popularity of the kinetoscope faded as projectors were 66 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: developed for motion pictures. The Lumire Brothers created the Cinematograph, 67 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: a motion picture film camera that was also a film 68 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: projector and printer. It had his first demonstration in I'm 69 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: Eve Stephcote and hopefully you know a little more about 70 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,919 Speaker 1: history today than you did yesterday. If there's something that 71 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: I missed in an episode, you can share it with 72 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: everybody else on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook at t D 73 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: I H. C Podcast We'll see you tomorrow. Hello everyone, 74 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: I'm Eves, and welcome to This Day in History Class, 75 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,559 Speaker 1: a podcast that takes really seriously the adage you learned 76 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: something you every day. Um. I know that a lot 77 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: of places around the world right now are going back 78 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: to business whether they're diving right into the deep end 79 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: or they're easing back into it. And a lot of 80 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: people have already been working and doing business as usual, 81 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: and there are some people whose lives are still turned 82 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 1: upside down by all the stuff that COVID nineteen is causing. 83 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: And I just wanted to say that I hope you 84 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 1: all are doing well, no matter what phase of this 85 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: very new and very intense situation you're in, and that 86 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: you continue to stay safe and healthy. I am still 87 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: at home, but I am doing well, and I can 88 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: only hope that you are maintaining and thriving in these times. 89 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: But that said, on with the show. The day was 90 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 1: May nine, six seventy one. Thomas Blood attempted to steal 91 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: the Crown Jewels of England. The Crown Jewels are a 92 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: collection of crowns, scepters, and other ceremonial objects associated with 93 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: English kings and queens, dating back hundreds of years. Thomas 94 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 1: Blood's father was a wealthy blacksmith, and his grandfather was 95 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: a member of the Irish Parliament. He spent some of 96 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: his early life in England, but when he was around 97 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,039 Speaker 1: twenty years old, he got married and moved to Ireland, 98 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: where he was born, but he soon went back to England, 99 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,039 Speaker 1: where he joined Oliver Cromwell's army in the fight against 100 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: King Charles the First during the English Civil War. When 101 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: Cromwell became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland 102 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 1: and Ireland, he was granted land for his service in 103 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: the war. By sixteen fifty, Blood had begun calling himself 104 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: a colonel, though there's no evidence that he actually earned 105 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: that rank. Throughout the sixteen sixties, Blood was involved in 106 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,799 Speaker 1: a number of subversive activities. He and other conspirators plotted 107 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: to seize Dublin Castle and kidnapped James Butler, the first 108 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: Duke of Ormond, and Lord Lute in It of Ireland 109 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: for ransom. That plot failed, but Blood was able to 110 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,679 Speaker 1: evade authorities, and in sixteen seventy he made another attempt 111 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: to kidnap the Duke of Ormond and failed. But the 112 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: conspiracy Blood is best remembered for is his attempt at 113 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: stealing the Crown Jewels. In sixteen seventy one. The Crown 114 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: Jewels were stored at the Tower of London, and the 115 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: keeper of the jewels was a man named Talbot Edwards. 116 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: One day in sixteen seventy one, Blood visited the tower 117 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: disguised as a parson. He continued to visit the Edwards 118 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: family who lived at the tower, and he soon became 119 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: friendly with them. Blood promised to arrange a marriage between 120 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: his imaginary nephew and edwards daughter. On May nine, Blood 121 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: arrived at the tower with his supposed nephew and two 122 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: of his friends. They convinced Edwards to show them the 123 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: crown jewels, and once they entered the jewel house, they 124 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: knocked him unconscious. The London Gazette gave the following account 125 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: of the crime, according to the villainous design they came upon. 126 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: Immediately they clapped a gag of a strange form into 127 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: the old man's mouth, who making what noise and resistance 128 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: he could, They stabbed him a deep wound in the 129 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: belly with a stiletto, adding several other dangerous wounds on 130 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: the head with the small beetle they had with them, 131 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: as is believed to beat together and flatten the crown 132 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: to make it the more easily portable. The thieves took 133 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: the sovereign scepter with cross st Edward's crown and the 134 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: Sovereign's orb Edwards regained consciousness and tried to stop the men, 135 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: crying treason and murder. As the thieves fled to their 136 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: horses waiting at St. Catherine's Gate, they dropped the scepter. 137 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: Guards went after them, and before Blood could reach the 138 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: Iron Gate, he was captured. The crown and orbit were recovered, 139 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: though several gemstones were missing. King Charles and other members 140 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: of the royal family questioned Blood. It's unclear what Blood 141 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 1: and the King discussed, but in the end Blood was 142 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 1: pardoned and even granted land in Ireland. There have been 143 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: many theories about why Blood received this treatment, including one 144 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 1: that the King was just amused by Blood's audacity, and 145 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: another that the King was in on the plot from 146 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: the beginning. Regardless, Blood became a familiar figure in London. 147 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: After he died in sixteen eighty, his body was exhumed 148 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,959 Speaker 1: because people suspected he might have faked his own death 149 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:25,719 Speaker 1: so he didn't have to pay a debt to the 150 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: Duke of Buckingham. Today, the crown jewels of the United 151 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: Kingdom remain on display at the Tower of London as 152 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: symbols of the British monarchy. I'm each chef Coote and 153 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 1: hopefully you know a little more about history today than 154 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: you did yesterday. And if you want to send us 155 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: any comments are suggestions, you can send us an email 156 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: at this Day at iHeart media dot com. You can 157 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: also follow us on social media at t D I 158 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: HC podcast. Thanks again for listening to the show and 159 00:09:55,880 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: we'll see you tomorrow. 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