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November 20, 1992. After a year of bad press for Britain's royals, Windsor castle catches fire, raising questions about the cost and future of the British monarchy.
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0:00.0 | It's 1115 a |
0:02.0 | 11.5. |
0:05.0 | It's 111. |
0:09.0 | It's 1115 a November 20th, 1992, at Windsor Castle, a residence of Queen... 18 a walks into the Queen's private chapel with a member of the Windsor Castle staff. |
0:24.4 | The conservator is here to examine several paintings which need protecting to safeguard |
0:28.7 | them for future generations. |
0:31.0 | But he's distracted by an odd odor inside the chapel. It smells like smoke. |
0:36.0 | The conservator mentions this to the castle official, but he's assured that it's probably just dust. |
0:41.0 | Satisfied that the smell is just a normal odor of an ancient property, |
0:46.3 | the conservator sets up a step ladder and climbs up to examine one of the works of art that he's |
0:50.9 | been asked to preserve. He appears at the cracked paint through a magnifying |
0:55.0 | glass, but the smell he noticed earlier is growing stronger. The conservator looks around the chapel, |
1:00.8 | and from his elevated position, he smoke near the seaving at the |
1:04.9 | top of a long curtain. The conservator clamors down the ladder and pulls the heavy curtain |
1:09.6 | aside revealing that part of it is on fire. The conservator shouts a warning to the castle official |
1:15.0 | and they exchange panicked looks. |
1:17.0 | The official runs out of the chapel, saying he'll call for help. |
1:20.0 | Meanwhile, the conservator searches the room for a fire extinguisher or can find |
1:25.1 | none. He stands helpless as flames eat through the curtain's heavy velvet. It's spreading |
1:31.1 | quickly. The conservator's eyes drift to the painting he just examined. |
1:35.0 | He takes a screwdriver from his toolbox and begins unscrewing the frame from the wall. |
1:40.0 | The conservator may not be able to stop the fire, but he can save a priceless work of art from being destroyed by the flames. |
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