The Big Melt - How Steel Made Us Hard

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0:00:27 > 0:00:31RHYTHMIC, INDUSTRIAL-SOUNDING MUSIC

0:00:59 > 0:01:04'The clouds, obscuring the Earth, drifting, heavy, ripe to deliver,

0:01:04 > 0:01:07'Attend the birth of a new river.

0:01:07 > 0:01:11'But here, no gentle rain, softly, without pain

0:01:11 > 0:01:13'Coaxes the river into life.

0:01:14 > 0:01:17'Here, there is strife, convulsive heat,

0:01:17 > 0:01:19'As warring elements meet.'

0:01:19 > 0:01:22DISTORTED SYNTH NOISES

0:01:29 > 0:01:34CELLO AND PERCUSSION PLAY "BEING BOILED" BY THE HUMAN LEAGUE

0:01:34 > 0:01:37'The blast furnace is the womb they stoke

0:01:37 > 0:01:41'With raw ore, limestone, coke.

0:01:44 > 0:01:46'In its fierce heat, metal from earth is torn.

0:01:46 > 0:01:49'The river is born.'

0:01:57 > 0:02:00'This is the river of molten iron.

0:02:06 > 0:02:11'A man-made dragon in searing heat swallows the river of iron, neat

0:02:11 > 0:02:16'Flame and fire digest the meal, and iron is turned to steel.'

0:02:16 > 0:02:22STRINGS PLAY VERSION OF "BEING BOILED" BY THE HUMAN LEAGUE

0:05:08 > 0:05:15DRONING ELECTRONIC HUM

0:05:40 > 0:05:45SOLO FLUTE MELODY

0:05:59 > 0:06:03FLUTE JOINED BY STRINGS

0:07:37 > 0:07:40TRAIN RATTLES DOWN TRACK

0:07:46 > 0:07:48So, this is Smokedale.

0:07:48 > 0:07:50It's Maltby.

0:07:50 > 0:07:55Half a million people live there. A town of steel.

0:08:27 > 0:08:30Let's take another look. Let's see how folk live there.

0:08:33 > 0:08:38NOISES OF CHILDREN PLAYING

0:08:40 > 0:08:43KETTLE WHISTLES

0:08:49 > 0:08:54RHYTHMIC THUDDING

0:08:57 > 0:09:02VERSION OF "STARS ON SUNDAY" BY THE ALL-SEEING I

0:09:55 > 0:09:59# How can a child

0:09:59 > 0:10:03# Grow up to be straight and tall

0:10:03 > 0:10:07# In this poor imitation of life

0:10:07 > 0:10:10# Oh, it's no good at all

0:10:12 > 0:10:16# No Christmas illuminations

0:10:16 > 0:10:20# Dance in their eyes

0:10:20 > 0:10:24# They were sold off to Patnicks

0:10:24 > 0:10:27# Oh, what a surprise

0:10:29 > 0:10:32# Gaze into the sky

0:10:32 > 0:10:36# Maybe we can get there one day

0:10:36 > 0:10:40# Meanwhile, we spend our time

0:10:41 > 0:10:45# Watching Stars On Sunday

0:11:01 > 0:11:05# Sing hallelujah for the old folks

0:11:05 > 0:11:08# Balling the jack in a granny flat

0:11:09 > 0:11:14# Singing the songs that they used to sing

0:11:14 > 0:11:16# But where is the sense in that?

0:11:18 > 0:11:21# The chicken has flown the basket

0:11:21 > 0:11:24# And is now cooped up indoors

0:11:26 > 0:11:30# Someone is crying deep in the night

0:11:30 > 0:11:33# Just what are we living for?

0:11:35 > 0:11:38# Gaze into the sky

0:11:38 > 0:11:41# Maybe we can get there one day

0:11:41 > 0:11:47# Meanwhile, we spend our time

0:11:47 > 0:11:52# Watching Stars On Sunday... #

0:11:52 > 0:11:55On its own, number nine.

0:11:55 > 0:11:581-0, number 10.

0:11:58 > 0:12:00# Watching Stars On Sunday... #

0:12:00 > 0:12:02One and eight, 18.

0:12:04 > 0:12:0952, ice-cold on 52, and just 57 numbers called.

0:12:09 > 0:12:12# Watching stars

0:12:12 > 0:12:17# Watching Stars On Sunday

0:12:24 > 0:12:27# Ba-de ba-ba ba-da-de-ba

0:12:27 > 0:12:31# Ba-de ba-ba ba-da-de-ba

0:12:31 > 0:12:36# Ba-de ba-ba ba-da-de-ba

0:12:36 > 0:12:40# Ba-de ba-ba ba-da-de-ba

0:12:40 > 0:12:44# Ba-de ba-ba ba-da-de-ba

0:12:44 > 0:12:49# Ba-de ba-ba ba-da-de-ba

0:12:49 > 0:12:52# Ba-de ba-ba ba-da-de-ba

0:12:52 > 0:12:57# Ba-de ba-ba ba-da-de-ba. #

0:13:06 > 0:13:08MUSIC: "Hush Ye My Bairnie" (Traditional)

0:13:11 > 0:13:15# Hush ye, my bairnie My bonny wee laddie

0:13:17 > 0:13:21# When you're a man Ye shall follow your daddy

0:13:23 > 0:13:26# Close your eye, rest ye are taking

0:13:26 > 0:13:29# Sleep sound and bright be your waking

0:13:31 > 0:13:34# Hush-a-bye, lullabye

0:13:34 > 0:13:38# Hush-a-bye, lullabye

0:13:54 > 0:13:59# Hush-a-bye, lullabye

0:13:59 > 0:14:05# Hush-a-bye, lullabye... #

0:14:08 > 0:14:15MUSIC BOX AND PERCUSSION PLAY

0:14:52 > 0:14:55ARROWS WHISTLE

0:14:55 > 0:14:59DRUMMING AND BIRDSONG

0:15:04 > 0:15:09DRUMMING INCREASES IN VOLUME

0:15:18 > 0:15:24BRASS INSTRUMENTS PLAY MELODY

0:16:01 > 0:16:04BRASS AND PERCUSSION JOINED BY FULL BAND

0:19:32 > 0:19:37CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:30:12 > 0:30:18MELLOW HARP

0:32:21 > 0:32:26MUSIC CONTINUES

0:37:37 > 0:37:38FUNKY MUSIC

0:37:55 > 0:37:56FAINT VOICES IN BACKGROUND

0:41:07 > 0:41:11THEY SING

0:41:11 > 0:41:14MUSIC DROWNS WORDS

0:41:14 > 0:41:17# I love you now...

0:41:22 > 0:41:28# ..You will be mine! #

0:41:59 > 0:42:02# Sophisticated lady... #

0:42:28 > 0:42:32FUNKY MUSIC CONTINUES

0:43:15 > 0:43:17CHURCH BELLS

0:43:43 > 0:43:44World without steel.

0:43:46 > 0:43:48That's a thought.

0:47:04 > 0:47:08WISTFUL MUSIC PLAYS

0:49:14 > 0:49:18SILENCE

0:49:28 > 0:49:31SILENCE CONTINUES

0:49:49 > 0:49:52# Going below

0:49:52 > 0:49:54# To take a look

0:49:55 > 0:49:59# In the machine room

0:49:59 > 0:50:02# In my boiler suit and hard hat

0:50:02 > 0:50:06# I think, "I could fix that"

0:50:06 > 0:50:10# Look at the steam bellow out of my mind

0:50:10 > 0:50:11# How will we get there?

0:50:11 > 0:50:13# What will we find?

0:50:14 > 0:50:17# In the machine room

0:50:18 > 0:50:22# Transformation, transformation Transformation, transformation

0:50:22 > 0:50:24# Transformation, transformation

0:50:24 > 0:50:26# Transformation, transformation

0:50:26 > 0:50:28# I am different now

0:50:28 > 0:50:30# Oh, now

0:50:30 > 0:50:32# Is it now?

0:50:33 > 0:50:36# So I'm going below

0:50:36 > 0:50:42# To take a look in the machine room

0:50:42 > 0:50:45# In my boiler suit and hard hat

0:50:45 > 0:50:49# I think, "I could fix that"

0:50:49 > 0:50:53# Look at the steam bellow out of my mind

0:50:53 > 0:50:55# How will we get there?

0:50:55 > 0:50:56# What will we find?

0:50:58 > 0:51:00# In the machine room

0:51:01 > 0:51:04# In the machine room

0:51:04 > 0:51:07# Some adjustments

0:51:07 > 0:51:09# Must be made

0:51:09 > 0:51:12# Cos up above

0:51:12 > 0:51:15# You've made a mess of things

0:51:15 > 0:51:19# Oh, yes, you have

0:51:19 > 0:51:21# Some adjustments

0:51:21 > 0:51:23# Must be made

0:51:23 > 0:51:26# Because up above

0:51:26 > 0:51:29# You've made a mess of things

0:51:29 > 0:51:35# Oh, yes, you have

0:51:35 > 0:51:37# In the real world

0:51:38 > 0:51:42# Transformation, transformation Transformation, transformation

0:51:42 > 0:51:45# Transformation, transformation Transformation, transformation

0:51:45 > 0:51:47# Transformation, transformation

0:51:47 > 0:51:50# I am different now

0:51:50 > 0:51:51# Oh, now

0:51:51 > 0:51:54# Is it now?

0:51:54 > 0:51:57# So I'm going below

0:51:59 > 0:52:04# To take a look in the machine room

0:52:04 > 0:52:07# In my boiler suit and hard hat

0:52:07 > 0:52:10# I think, "I could fix that"

0:52:10 > 0:52:14# In the machine room

0:52:14 > 0:52:17# In my pointy shoes and hard hat

0:52:17 > 0:52:21# I think, "I could fix that"

0:52:21 > 0:52:24# In the machine room

0:52:28 > 0:52:30# Mmmm-mmm-mm

0:52:39 > 0:52:41# Mmmm

0:52:41 > 0:52:42# Mmmm

0:52:42 > 0:52:47# Mmmm. #

0:52:54 > 0:52:58DISSONANT MUSIC PLAYS

0:53:31 > 0:53:34BEEPING

0:53:48 > 0:53:50BEEPING

0:54:20 > 0:54:24ELECTRICAL DISTORTIONS

0:54:35 > 0:54:38DISTORTED RHYTHMIC MUSIC PLAYS

0:55:15 > 0:55:17BELL RINGS

0:55:36 > 0:55:39DISTORTED MUSIC CONTINUES

0:56:16 > 0:56:18SLOW GUITAR MUSIC PLAYS

0:56:27 > 0:56:30DISTORTED MUSIC PLAYS

0:58:09 > 0:58:12DISTORTED MUSIC CONTINUES

0:58:26 > 0:58:30ELECTRICAL STATIC

0:59:18 > 0:59:21MUSIC INTENSITY INCREASES

0:59:41 > 0:59:44WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYS

1:00:09 > 1:00:13ORGAN MUSIC PLAYS

1:00:48 > 1:00:52DISSONANT MUSIC PLAYS

1:01:16 > 1:01:20GRANDIOSE MUSIC PLAYS

1:02:46 > 1:02:49GRANDIOSE MUSIC CONTINUES

1:03:40 > 1:03:43MUSIC SLOWS

1:04:32 > 1:04:36MUSIC INTENSITY INCREASES

1:04:45 > 1:04:47GRANDIOSE MUSIC PLAYS

1:05:59 > 1:06:02GRANDIOSE MUSIC CONTINUES

1:06:27 > 1:06:30DISSONANT MUSIC PLAYS

1:06:39 > 1:06:42BASS THUMP REVERBERATES

1:07:12 > 1:07:15GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS

1:08:37 > 1:08:40SILENCE