History forgot these old fireworks. We recreated them.

2021 ж. 20 Мау.
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Around the old mining areas of North Wales, you can find rock cannon: old Welsh firework sites. Most of the world has never heard of them: so we recreated them on a test range. • Thanks to Steve from Live Action FX and to Owain for the idea!
Edited by Michelle Martin: / mrsmmartin
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  • This was a difficult video to sum up in a title: hopefully it's just on the right side of clickbait. Steve's now writing an academic paper on rock cannon; if any Welsh people have a historic cannon on their land and want him to fire it, do get in touch...

    @TomScottGo@TomScottGo2 жыл бұрын
    • Hahah it is

      @Mattttttttttttttt@Mattttttttttttttt2 жыл бұрын
    • Dont say time traveller

      @finnvictorsson@finnvictorsson2 жыл бұрын
    • [reference to time travel]

      @dat_fast_boi@dat_fast_boi2 жыл бұрын
    • Hi Tom!

      @Riemann_Zeta_Function@Riemann_Zeta_Function2 жыл бұрын
    • thank you for creating explosives

      @beanyboi7235@beanyboi72352 жыл бұрын
  • "We didn't realize how much work it would be... for him." Cruel, Tom.

    @computer_dude@computer_dude2 жыл бұрын
    • He's a big guy

      @jordan-elder@jordan-elder2 жыл бұрын
    • @Jo Amon Exit

      @ZelenskyPlane@ZelenskyPlane2 жыл бұрын
    • +

      @yuvalne@yuvalne2 жыл бұрын
    • Had to pause a sec to laugh, that was very unexpected

      @jherazob@jherazob2 жыл бұрын
    • @Jo Amon Continue

      @Randomela@Randomela2 жыл бұрын
  • In the mid-20th century, the Welsh finally came to terms with their homeland and decided to stop trying to blowing up small parts of it.

    @izzieb@izzieb2 жыл бұрын
    • how did

      @f-ckmyr0fil788@f-ckmyr0fil7882 жыл бұрын
    • Sounds more like a line from "history of the entire world, i guess"

      @NetheriteMiner@NetheriteMiner2 жыл бұрын
    • English men crossing the seven, rock cannon

      @ianhill20101@ianhill201012 жыл бұрын
    • "Celebrate the independence of your nation by blowing up a small part of it." - The Simpsons

      @ZetaPyro@ZetaPyro2 жыл бұрын
    • America might need another minute to think about it.

      @cogspace@cogspace2 жыл бұрын
  • “So I asked the explosives engineer I know” is such a powerful statement to have in your introduction.

    @samlee5549@samlee55492 жыл бұрын
  • The fact that they filmed it all midday is just killing me. Just imagine how much better it would look in the dusk.

    @olegallito5742@olegallito57422 жыл бұрын
    • Moisture could have been the reason. You wait for dusk, temperature drops and everything gets wet as if it rained.

      @aatsiii@aatsiii Жыл бұрын
    • @@aatsiii dew doesn't form until the middle of the night or the next morning. You could've done this just after sunset, like almost every fireworks display anywhere is done, and it wouldve worked fine.

      @TheRussell747@TheRussell747 Жыл бұрын
    • @@TheRussell747 dew can form whenever the dew point is reached which means it just depends on temperature. It’s wales literally anything could happen.

      @hypnotunez@hypnotunez Жыл бұрын
    • @@hypnotunez it's not just temperature. There are numerous factors like humidity, wind, clouds, etc. There are still ways to extremely easily and cheaply prevent dew from forming on a slab.

      @TheRussell747@TheRussell747 Жыл бұрын
    • I live in dryer climate than Wales and I get dew before sunset. And I guess you can warm up the surface but that makes absolutely no sense for historical fireworks.

      @aatsiii@aatsiii Жыл бұрын
  • glad mr pyrotechnician is now a staple in the tomscottverse

    @michalswag@michalswag2 жыл бұрын
    • The TomScottverse

      @akmedia8206@akmedia82062 жыл бұрын
    • The TSCU (Tom Scott Cinematic Universe)

      @wormonastring6888@wormonastring68882 жыл бұрын
    • The tomscottverse is just the normal universe

      @dodusa5399@dodusa53992 жыл бұрын
    • The Things You Might Not Know/Amazing Places/Built For Science combined universe

      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87212 жыл бұрын
    • @@dodusa5399 or maybe the normal universe is just the TomScottverse

      @InfiniteMonkeysSA@InfiniteMonkeysSA2 жыл бұрын
  • Next week: “the Soviets came up with the most destructive nuclear bomb in the world, but can we recreate the tsar bomb? I’ve asked Steve to demonstrate on the West Midlands…”

    @YetAnotherGeorgeth@YetAnotherGeorgeth2 жыл бұрын
    • hahahahaha

      @redrazirahc9659@redrazirahc96592 жыл бұрын
    • i approve of this

      @trainzmarcel2074@trainzmarcel20742 жыл бұрын
    • I'd watch that

      @ArtesianFalma@ArtesianFalma2 жыл бұрын
    • Too close for comfort. Can we try it on America, so it will be more in line with Soviet intentions?

      @Gandalf_the_Black_@Gandalf_the_Black_2 жыл бұрын
    • tbf the west midlands deserve it

      @derekconwaygd@derekconwaygd2 жыл бұрын
  • Thank-you so much from a Welsh person who had never heard of rock cannon. And another thank-you for respecting our language, we really appreciate it!

    @Theeny@Theeny2 жыл бұрын
    • Ye I was very impressed with the pronounciations

      @beatsbygoldie2383@beatsbygoldie2383 Жыл бұрын
  • Tom, the amount of sheer respect and empathy you show for our country, language and culture... you are more than welcome my friend! Cariad fawr o Gymru a ddiolch am rannu! Much love from Wales and thank you for sharing!

    @ComeRee@ComeRee Жыл бұрын
  • Tom just likes saying rock cannon

    @delunagaming9966@delunagaming99662 жыл бұрын
    • rock cannon

      @ShreyTyagi@ShreyTyagi2 жыл бұрын
    • rock cannon

      @mammakstolltv425@mammakstolltv4252 жыл бұрын
    • Rock cannon?

      @JCBeastie@JCBeastie2 жыл бұрын
    • Because they rock Sorry not sorry

      @michagrill9432@michagrill94322 жыл бұрын
    • R O C K C A N N O N

      @sixuk902@sixuk9022 жыл бұрын
  • Considering the amount of effort that went into this, you really gotta give Tom credit for how the video isn't stretched out at all. I could easily see this being a 20 minute video on other channels.

    @Krunschy@Krunschy2 жыл бұрын
    • i could see this being a full 45 minutes hosted by richard hammond on bbc 2

      @zeebeezoey@zeebeezoey2 жыл бұрын
    • Or a 3 part series featuring all the work that went in to set it up.

      @danieljensen2626@danieljensen26262 жыл бұрын
    • I like 20 minute videos, though.

      @AlphaCarinae@AlphaCarinae2 жыл бұрын
    • @@danieljensen2626 Or on some channels, a 15 part series...

      @JDeWittDIY@JDeWittDIY2 жыл бұрын
    • ”Haaay guys! It’s ya boy Tommie S here, before you watch the video smash that like button and kill that bell to not miss any of my videos, also consider subscribe to my Patreon!!1”

      @simulacrae@simulacrae2 жыл бұрын
  • *me, an American about to go out back and try this* “you know I’m somewhat of a pyrotechnics expert myself”

    @mattloomis1685@mattloomis16852 жыл бұрын
    • RIP

      @Nabend1402@Nabend14022 жыл бұрын
    • @@Nabend1402 To US, RIP stands for, Rest In Peices.

      @jed-henrywitkowski6470@jed-henrywitkowski64702 жыл бұрын
    • Oh, you too?! I think it comes from being born here.

      @jed-henrywitkowski6470@jed-henrywitkowski64702 жыл бұрын
    • As a Welshman, I give you luck. Less luck for succeeding. More luck to not kill yerself. Cus lets be honest, it's easier to do the latter than the former. If it DOES work, mark it with the Welsh flag or something IDK XD

      @Goblinoiddoof@Goblinoiddoof2 жыл бұрын
  • The more I learn about Wales, the more I fall in love with their unique culture, history, and language. Wales is cool.

    @TooMuchThought@TooMuchThought Жыл бұрын
  • "It rained all of May" Ah, one of the most English sentences ever spoken.

    @RenneVangr@RenneVangr2 жыл бұрын
    • It really did though! Even I, who should be used to it by now, got a bit sick of it

      @dodgeman777@dodgeman7772 жыл бұрын
    • @@dodgeman777 The old English saying "April Falls bring May flowers" has been falling apart lately

      @PianoKwanMan@PianoKwanMan2 жыл бұрын
    • The Welsh can probably sympathize too.

      @boiledelephant@boiledelephant2 жыл бұрын
    • When I was growing up, I never understood that saying since we still had snow in April. It was always more of May showers brought June flowers.

      @R.M.MacFru@R.M.MacFru2 жыл бұрын
    • @@R.M.MacFru I always thought it was a play on words: "April fools bring Mayflower(s)" Mayflower relating to Henry VIII

      @PianoKwanMan@PianoKwanMan2 жыл бұрын
  • Ah, another episode of “An Englishman Chooses To Avoid An International Incident”.

    @Tantusar@Tantusar2 жыл бұрын
    • Those are rare.

      @QemeH@QemeH2 жыл бұрын
    • Well it's better than "An Englishman Choose To Provoke An International Incident" or as it is also known "Whatever Boris's Doing".

      @eldrago19@eldrago192 жыл бұрын
    • But, the UK is just one country which Wales is a region of.

      @rogerszmodis6913@rogerszmodis69132 жыл бұрын
    • @@rogerszmodis6913 Don't say that to any Welsh patriots.

      @SofosProject@SofosProject2 жыл бұрын
    • @@rogerszmodis6913 I'm not sure you should open this can of worms.

      @LeRoiJojo@LeRoiJojo2 жыл бұрын
  • There was a mining town in Missouri that would do a similar celebration. One thing they did was place some gunpowder on an anvil and set another anvil on top, light the fuse and launch it into the air. Probably not that high but apparently "hold my beer, watch this" has been around for ages.

    @hornetscales8274@hornetscales8274 Жыл бұрын
    • They mill a wide slot in the bottom anvil for the powder and drill a hole in the top one for the fuse. It is sealed with peanut butter of all things.

      @jasonsummit1885@jasonsummit1885 Жыл бұрын
    • Where was this in Missouri? I live in St Louis and I have never heard of this

      @AssassinNaivara@AssassinNaivara Жыл бұрын
    • @@AssassinNaivara South of St. James is Meremec Springs. They have the remains of an old steel works that operated by water power from the springs. Got a museum that has several displays of what the operation looked like. Definitely worth the run down the highway for it. Great place to take the kids to see.

      @hornetscales8274@hornetscales8274 Жыл бұрын
  • Props to the guy making the model. I can't imagine the time spent perfecting and researching the proper design.

    @oldsnappysportsmen@oldsnappysportsmen2 жыл бұрын
  • As an aside. Think how much better this would have sounded in a valley rather than a plain bordered by trees.

    @S_Roach@S_Roach2 жыл бұрын
    • I feel the report of the rock cannon would have also been significantly improved with more wadding. Some of the shots were great, but with others you could hear that the newspaper didn't provide enough resistance, so the shot went woosh instead of pop/bang. Maybe felt disks in addition to or instead of paper wads?

      @uzbekistanplaystaion4BIOScrek@uzbekistanplaystaion4BIOScrek2 жыл бұрын
    • Drop the bass.

      @ch4.hayabusa@ch4.hayabusa2 жыл бұрын
    • @@uzbekistanplaystaion4BIOScrek My guess is if the originals used newspaper, it was rolled up in a similar style to the wadding used in rifles at the time; not just bunched up and put over the powder.

      @evilbarrels2506@evilbarrels25062 жыл бұрын
    • And in the dark...

      @charlesharper2357@charlesharper23572 жыл бұрын
    • And close to a river. And in the dark or at least shade.

      @Mike-oz4cv@Mike-oz4cv2 жыл бұрын
  • As a Welsh person, hearing my grandpa's stories of these things as a kid, this was delightful to see! Also, I guess I shouldn't be surprised, you having studies linguistics and all, but your pronunciation of Betws y Coed was among the best I've seen by English.

    @alexthunderbrand@alexthunderbrand2 жыл бұрын
    • noswaith dda! mae hynny'n dda clywed.

      @MatthewsStopMotions@MatthewsStopMotions2 жыл бұрын
    • Actually hearing coed pronounced properly was lovely.

      @memanwho@memanwho2 жыл бұрын
    • cymru am byth 🐑

      @joesheepy@joesheepy2 жыл бұрын
    • Tom is always respectful of Welsh stuff and I really appreciate that!

      @thepurpleapple@thepurpleapple2 жыл бұрын
    • From South Wales, I pronounce 'coed' as 'côd'

      @selsig_dwp@selsig_dwp2 жыл бұрын
  • Well thats solved one thing. Many years ago I visited Wales and saw one of these, I was told it was referred to as a Rock Cannon. I wasn't sure what that was, and in fact I assumed it was something religious (as in Canon) but never thought about it more. Now I know!

    @IanSlothieRolfe@IanSlothieRolfe2 жыл бұрын
  • The rock cannon replica surely must've took a lot of effort. Cheers to the explosive engineer for taking on such a great feat! The one with the modern firework effect was especially interrsting.

    @combination4420@combination44202 жыл бұрын
  • Tom Scott once again satisfying his primal urge to blow everything up

    @ules5799@ules57992 жыл бұрын
    • the british army is more powerful than we think

      @SGC_@SGC_2 жыл бұрын
    • Once you fly a kite in a public place you can never go back

      @justmerc1642@justmerc16422 жыл бұрын
    • Just like Klee kekw

      @Awesome_Aasim@Awesome_Aasim2 жыл бұрын
    • because I know

      @f-ckmyr0fil788@f-ckmyr0fil7882 жыл бұрын
    • for now

      @kabhes9040@kabhes90402 жыл бұрын
  • Honestly i kinda preferred the unimproved version, i enjoyed the simplicity of the flames rolling over the rock face and the bursts of energy following.

    @samsontag@samsontag2 жыл бұрын
    • Same, think the fireworks make it look to fancy, the Pure gunpowder one feels raw and powerful.

      @oscarbarton4125@oscarbarton41252 жыл бұрын
    • The sound was so much more satisfying too

      @officialEricBG@officialEricBG2 жыл бұрын
    • @@officialEricBG Definitely. I'm gonna have to listen to that a couple more times.

      @creepingjesus5106@creepingjesus51062 жыл бұрын
    • @@officialEricBG My thoughts exactly. The color was nice, but the crackle spoilt the effect. From what they were describing, it was less of a visual show anyways, meant more like an automatic version of a gun salute or similar. Something that would echo around the valley, and say "hey everyone, today is special, there's something important going on, why don't you come into town and gossip about it?" It would be cool if they started using some of the rock cannons again, though, show people what it would have been like when they were popularly used.

      @bow-tiedengineer4453@bow-tiedengineer44532 жыл бұрын
    • The sound made it for me

      @thephoenix6651@thephoenix66512 жыл бұрын
  • I'm convinced we have passed peak intelligence in mankind, the rock cannon is a brilliant way of controlling what could have been some fairly dodgy old explosives of the era and give a relatively safe and fun show for the locals.

    @raygale4198@raygale41982 жыл бұрын
    • What do you think modern fireworks can do? Still a relatively aintellectual affair in today's information/digital era.

      @gunnarpatrick9645@gunnarpatrick9645 Жыл бұрын
    • @Willow Tree It's the depth of knowledge that has changed. In general we know about more stuff these days simply because it's there and we are exposed to it daily. The oldies understood how and why stuff worked. Almost every farmer could fix any machine or car of the day because they understood what it was trying to do. How many people these days can even change a tyre or understand how a water tap works?

      @raygale4198@raygale4198 Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@raygale4198 I don't think we've passed the peak. I think that back then there were a lot less total 'things' about, so it was easier for someone to have significant depth of knowledge in nearly everything around them. Nowadays there's significantly more things around, so the same quantity of knowledge is stretched out thinner and thinner. Instead of knowing 10s of things like the back of your hand, you know the bare basics of 100s of them, because that's what is now required to get by in the world. Not to mention there weren't mega corporations manufacturing every bit and piece of every little thing everywhere taking even that away from the average person. The human brain can only hold so much information, and we've increased the number of things you need to know about faster than evolution can keep up our mental storage, so depth has been sacrificed, but I do think that it will loop back around in the future. Evolution will eventually catch back up, and we will once again have the mental capacity to store the same amount of depth as our ancestors, but for 100s of times more things than they ever could. That's just not right now, and obviously not in our lifetimes since it's evolutionarily based (unless technology can bridge that gap with microchips in our brains or some crazy sci-fi crap like that)

      @katiegrayx3637@katiegrayx3637 Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@gunnarpatrick9645 i mean. I think *haha funny thing go loud boom and bright color* its a thing that humans liked in every time period

      @ciclon5682@ciclon5682 Жыл бұрын
  • Tom, I am from North wales, around 10 miles outside of Betws-y-Coed. I genuinely appreciate you pronouncing the name correctly, and not butchering it.

    @Xenerith@Xenerith2 жыл бұрын
    • We'd pronounce it properly if you'd spell it Bettus-y-Coid or something that actually made sense!

      @nmatavka@nmatavka8 ай бұрын
    • ​@@nmatavkahave you considered how weird English pronunciation looks to a Welsh speaker? Saying "w" is pronounced "uh" in Welsh is no weirder than saying (to a welsh person) that "u" is pronounced "w" in English. Also, your comment is the same as Welsh people telling all English speakers to use "w" in spelling so it makes sense

      @myname8035@myname80353 ай бұрын
  • I love that Steve is a recurring character now. He's adding some real charm to the Tom Scott universe.

    @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87212 жыл бұрын
    • @Jo Amon Snipings a good job mate.

      @m4rcyonstation93@m4rcyonstation932 жыл бұрын
    • I like your username. Please make some content.

      @NewPhilosopher@NewPhilosopher2 жыл бұрын
    • imagine him and gary in a room the chaos there is infinate

      @spencercooper8850@spencercooper88502 жыл бұрын
    • haha dude awesome

      @DannySullivanMusic@DannySullivanMusic2 жыл бұрын
    • +

      @siblinghoodsys@siblinghoodsys2 жыл бұрын
  • The "English" version had more flair to it visually, but I'd go ahead and say the original version had a better sound to it with decisive pops and no whistling.

    @Viktor16161616@Viktor161616162 жыл бұрын
    • hides the sound of the Welsh taking a couple of shots at the English while it's going off as well.

      @233Deadman@233Deadman2 жыл бұрын
    • @@233Deadman XD

      @RainaRamsay@RainaRamsay2 жыл бұрын
    • Why the use of " ?

      @piers389@piers3892 жыл бұрын
    • I agree, and i will add that the original version pleased me more than the new one did.

      @BertGrink@BertGrink2 жыл бұрын
    • They’re both English versions.

      @jimmymcgill2961@jimmymcgill29612 жыл бұрын
  • that's really nice, i reckon the holes' shapes or gunpowder loading could be adjusted in another way to control how quickly the gunpowder would burn instead of the current setup, as i noticed that the original Welsh cannon holes are narrower in comparison for instance, the holes could be shaped like a teardrop at the bottom to create a bottleneck at the top, or instead of old newspaper the plugs could be made of corks with a hole in the middle for the fuse and hammered in to contain the gases better, and thus could result in a better bang

    @irvalfirestar6265@irvalfirestar62652 жыл бұрын
    • @@CruelSculpture I see, how about the cork thing though?

      @irvalfirestar6265@irvalfirestar6265 Жыл бұрын
  • My mum grew up in Gwynedd and whenever we went up to visit I always saw pieces of stone with cylindrical holes in them, always wondered what they were from

    @memoryfoam2285@memoryfoam2285 Жыл бұрын
  • "I asked the explosives engineer I know if he could build one" I'm loving this new trend of blowing things up on your channel

    @thatspiderbyte@thatspiderbyte2 жыл бұрын
    • Tom has also just demonstrated how to get the best effort out of an expert. Don't present it as just a job ("would you build...") but as a challenge ("could you build...").

      @daveh7720@daveh77202 жыл бұрын
    • Tom Scott - The Michael Bay Era

      @retroforager@retroforager2 жыл бұрын
    • Tom "Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions" Scott

      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87212 жыл бұрын
  • Wow, I've been a fireworks nerd my whole life and I've not heard of rock cannons. I suppose they never did go global.

    @Nighthawkinlight@Nighthawkinlight2 жыл бұрын
    • @Jack BURDETT wow so special not like anyone has done that before

      @humanhuman5024@humanhuman50242 жыл бұрын
    • They're kind of hard to pack in sawdust and load into a shipping container.

      @daveh7720@daveh77202 жыл бұрын
    • It's probably a good thing that they didn't make it to the US - we'd have taken Tom's "let's see if we can improve on it" and raised it by a "hold my beer"

      @TheWizardOfJim@TheWizardOfJim2 жыл бұрын
    • ؜‎‏

      @user-hd5rd5xk2v@user-hd5rd5xk2v2 жыл бұрын
    • I've seen holes similar to these drilled into the boulders they use for jetties in southern California along the beaches. I always assumed they were for quarry explosives. But maybe they were for fireworks after all.

      @pielord33321@pielord333212 жыл бұрын
  • "I'd shake your hands but.." "..you're not allowed to" People from the future will be watching this, potentially having no idea that we are still in the gripes of a global pandemic. I am jealous of these people.

    @Aaron.Garner@Aaron.Garner2 жыл бұрын
    • I know you meant "grips" but honestly, "gripes" sums up the spirit of 2020 in Britain just as well.

      @boiledelephant@boiledelephant2 жыл бұрын
    • That is weird to think about

      @TREX_04@TREX_042 жыл бұрын
    • I really don’t like this idea, seems destructive to social fabric.

      @autoclockk@autoclockk2 жыл бұрын
    • @@autoclockk well then keep shaking people's hand and keep the social fabric going! That's what I'm doing

      @sastrinidis@sastrinidis2 жыл бұрын
    • and then the people from our generation who are still alive will tell them storys about the great toilet paper outage

      @blax140@blax1402 жыл бұрын
  • And now I want to hear a big round of applause for the guy who pronounced Betws-y-coed without batting an eye.

    @justarandomsquid3568@justarandomsquid35682 жыл бұрын
  • Tom Scott erases the entirety of Europe via rock cannon

    @BlackMesaEmployee@BlackMesaEmployee2 жыл бұрын
    • That’s how UK is out of EU

      @checcmac8693@checcmac86932 жыл бұрын
    • i am standing next to a rock cannon containing multiple replicas of the tsar bomb. and the next thing we‘ll do is start the timer.

      @Tomahawkist_@Tomahawkist_2 жыл бұрын
    • *rule britannia fades in from the background*

      @wilyriley_@wilyriley_2 жыл бұрын
    • f for the

      @f-ckmyr0fil788@f-ckmyr0fil7882 жыл бұрын
    • Spilt the earth via rock cannon. Layers after all

      @themspspotter593@themspspotter5932 жыл бұрын
  • 5:10 As an American, After that little apology, I can’t help but think how intense our version of that would be.

    @_Mr.Tuvok_@_Mr.Tuvok_2 жыл бұрын
  • The fact these were used a fair bit, less than 100 years ago yet slim to none remember them is really interesting

    @the27thsheeti24@the27thsheeti24 Жыл бұрын
  • I love how they don't use the standard "Do not attempt this at home", but just "Do not attempt this". At all. Under no circumstances. Whatsoever. 😂

    @saberg1082@saberg10822 жыл бұрын
    • In an alternate universe: "This rock is not my home so I tried it here and got hurt. I will sue!"

      @matejlieskovsky9625@matejlieskovsky96252 жыл бұрын
    • @@matejlieskovsky9625 That's not an alternate universe, that's the US

      @fisch37@fisch372 жыл бұрын
    • @@fisch37 Don't forget, they used either blue or pink colours to show the state of genitalia of their foetus & started a forestfire in a national park that grew to threaten five major cities in two different states... Because the USA.

      @LeafHuntress@LeafHuntress2 жыл бұрын
    • @@LeafHuntress I hate that there's nothing I can say to refute that. /jk

      @noesunyoutuber7680@noesunyoutuber76802 жыл бұрын
    • I'm sure somewhere in Texas....

      @ajfurnari2448@ajfurnari24482 жыл бұрын
  • Bravest Go-Pro in history.

    @AceTrainerLiam@AceTrainerLiam2 жыл бұрын
    • omg Liam watches Tom Scott ahh so British I love it

      @shedinjasonix5040@shedinjasonix50402 жыл бұрын
    • F

      @holdmybeer@holdmybeer2 жыл бұрын
    • Iirc there was actually one that went into a volcano and was able to recover the video

      @Palmtop_User@Palmtop_User2 жыл бұрын
    • Give him a medal of honour

      @Ardjano234@Ardjano2342 жыл бұрын
    • I wonder if it survived

      @kushalraj@kushalraj2 жыл бұрын
  • I can't help but think that with such an intricate pattern of oddly spaced holes that they were chained together in a way to create some kind of rhythm. I'm really interested to read any papers published on this.

    @ParadigmUnkn0wn@ParadigmUnkn0wn2 жыл бұрын
  • Bravo! Thank you for this. I willingly missed several local fireworks shows this year, and this was satisfying to watch.

    @tantamounted@tantamounted2 жыл бұрын
  • Tom: That was lovely Steve: ... yep .. **contemplates life choices**

    @jordyb4862@jordyb48622 жыл бұрын
    • At least Steve is getting an academic paper out of this whole thing. That’s gotta be worth something.

      @Tustin2121@Tustin21212 жыл бұрын
    • @@Tustin2121 Haven't written it yet, currently concentrating on my masters thesis.

      @LiveActionFX@LiveActionFX2 жыл бұрын
  • "I don't think either of us realized how much work this was going to be... for him"

    @spencercool100@spencercool1002 жыл бұрын
    • Yes we watched the video thank you.

      @pengy897@pengy8972 жыл бұрын
  • This was glorious! Thanks for sharing all your (and Steve's) hard work!

    @01eocoe10@01eocoe102 жыл бұрын
  • I would personally have fewer noisy effects. I like the canon-like pops of the original Welsh version. But some colour would be a welcome addition to something like this if you ask me.

    @BazilRat@BazilRat2 жыл бұрын
  • To be fair, I'm reasonably confident that old-timey Welsh miners would've happily doped their gunpowder with stuff to give it some extra whizz-bang oooh-wow effects when and if they had access to the wizz-bang.

    @ShadowDragon8685@ShadowDragon86852 жыл бұрын
    • old-timey Welsh miners would have doped *themselves* with whiskey to experience some extra whizz-bang oooh-wow effects

      @jimmyzhao2673@jimmyzhao26732 жыл бұрын
    • Is wizz-bang cocaine

      @erincondron8105@erincondron81052 жыл бұрын
    • @@jimmyzhao2673 *whisky

      @Kae-Lexi@Kae-Lexi Жыл бұрын
    • Them welshes did their stuffs like how the chickens did their gobbly-doos

      @FoxDog1080@FoxDog1080 Жыл бұрын
    • They absolutely did My father was a miner here in Wales and apparently they would do it, and sometimes use far more gunpowder than usual

      @shogun2215@shogun2215 Жыл бұрын
  • There's a rock mortar in Gibraltar, dating to Napoleonic war times. Literally a large diameter hole drilled into the rock, with the idea of firing large shells at Spanish ships in the bay. It wasn't successful, but the bang was probably quite exciting!

    @abarratt8869@abarratt88692 жыл бұрын
    • This is a tip-top video idea; I wonder if Tom can travel to Gibraltar since it’s technically the UK

      @yoymate6316@yoymate63162 жыл бұрын
    • 1771, actually, but still

      @rin_etoware_2989@rin_etoware_29892 жыл бұрын
    • @@rin_etoware_2989 Aha, earlier than I thought! Thank you :)

      @abarratt8869@abarratt88692 жыл бұрын
    • I thought it was because the Frenchies came for a friken war, and got tired of waiting for the Spainards to wake from their siesta.

      @jed-henrywitkowski6470@jed-henrywitkowski64702 жыл бұрын
    • I read there are hundreds and fired good sized stones piled atop the lifting charge &would have rained focks (rocks, not focks :D) coming down with the acceleration due to gravity onto and through the decks of invasion fleets dumb enough to get within range. A test was arranged during WWII attended by UK military officers. A curiousity at that point in history although fougasse is still in the Combat Engineering lexicon.

      @martkbanjoboy8853@martkbanjoboy88532 жыл бұрын
  • That was so much fun to watch. I reckon, if the Welsh want a special event for the locals(especially the kids) they should have an annual semi-educational weekend celebrating this old timey practice. The fella who set everything up for you is a legend and a true friend.

    @shannonpincombe8485@shannonpincombe84852 жыл бұрын
  • That was awesome. Good on everyone who helped to make this happen.

    @JockMcBile@JockMcBile2 жыл бұрын
  • The question every engineer asks when stuck on a problem: well, how did they do it before this was available?

    @drumkommandr9779@drumkommandr97792 жыл бұрын
    • Also: things did NOT come out easily, but its ok because after this I never have to look at this horrible contraption ever again!

      @hamstirrer6882@hamstirrer68822 жыл бұрын
  • "This enraged the neighbors, who punished him severely."

    @ZearthGJL@ZearthGJL2 жыл бұрын
    • That's a reference I did not expect

      @admiralthrawnbar4899@admiralthrawnbar48992 жыл бұрын
    • Where is that reference from?

      @user-xb9yv2ci4c@user-xb9yv2ci4c2 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-xb9yv2ci4c these nuts

      @eminenception@eminenception2 жыл бұрын
    • @@user-xb9yv2ci4c oversimplified

      @alexmorrison3058@alexmorrison30582 жыл бұрын
    • They gave him tea but not crumpets.

      @jackkraken3888@jackkraken38882 жыл бұрын
  • I was brought up not far from Betws y Coed (Blaenau Ffestiniog) and I'd never heard of rock cannons! Thank you for teaching me something about my own heritage and history! Keep up the great work. Diolch!

    @ceurwyn@ceurwyn2 жыл бұрын
  • “Guys, hear me out, What if we shoot rocks into everywhere?” - Rock cannon inventor

    @JUST_WATCH_THE_VIDEO@JUST_WATCH_THE_VIDEO2 жыл бұрын
    • Hence the word: rocket!

      @KootFloris@KootFloris2 жыл бұрын
  • 2020 Tom: "Here's an old forgotten footpath" 2021 Tom: **Loud Explosion**

    @Lukemccarthy2011@Lukemccarthy20112 жыл бұрын
    • Everybody has their own way of coping with 2021

      @unlink1649@unlink16492 жыл бұрын
    • @@unlink1649 Unleashing the inner Hyneman is always an option. I mean, if you have the means, anyway. "Tom want big boom!"

      @ShadowDragon8685@ShadowDragon86852 жыл бұрын
    • 2009 Tom: “alright I’m just going to throw these drums down that cliff”

      @bastienfelix4605@bastienfelix4605 Жыл бұрын
  • So nobody's gonna talk about how much effort the (dare I say 'his') pyrotechnician put into this? He's the real MVP of this one!

    @henningerhenningstone691@henningerhenningstone6912 жыл бұрын
    • Tom specifically mentioned it at the start.

      @crazzy88ss@crazzy88ss2 жыл бұрын
  • The sheer variety of people you know never ceases to amaze me. And this made my inner-pyro very happy

    @dark_neverland@dark_neverland2 жыл бұрын
  • The amount of work and time spent for such a short but good video amazes me

    @ICe-ph5mr@ICe-ph5mr Жыл бұрын
  • Tom makes everyone speak like him.

    @NiranjanBharadwaj@NiranjanBharadwaj2 жыл бұрын
    • No lie, I've actually caught myself speaking like him a few times

      @StoneWeevil@StoneWeevil2 жыл бұрын
    • He's so British he's colonizing our voices!

      @Nugcon@Nugcon2 жыл бұрын
    • Sometimes I think in his voice.

      @ourtalechara9341@ourtalechara93412 жыл бұрын
    • I always do it, when explaining a technical process.

      @dan-ks1yd@dan-ks1yd2 жыл бұрын
    • I'm come from the same town Tom grew up in so I have no choice as to whether or not I want to speak like him!!

      @jacobosborne6751@jacobosborne67512 жыл бұрын
  • I live in North Wales, have a degree in Archaeology and spend as much time outside as I can. I never knew what these where, I know where a few are locally but until today not what they where. Thank you Tom.

    @robertwilliams-day320@robertwilliams-day3202 жыл бұрын
    • North Wales gang 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

      @thatshinyespeon3842@thatshinyespeon38422 жыл бұрын
    • What did you think they were? 🤔

      @JonsTunes@JonsTunes2 жыл бұрын
    • @@JonsTunes Ritual purposes.

      @theoriginaldylangreene@theoriginaldylangreene2 жыл бұрын
    • @@JonsTunes Holes.

      @anonymousapproximation8549@anonymousapproximation85492 жыл бұрын
    • @@anonymousapproximation8549 Yes

      @Romeren@Romeren2 жыл бұрын
  • This is so cool! My family is from Wales and I love to learn more about it.

    @redfailhawk@redfailhawk Жыл бұрын
  • Well done lads, we appreciate your hard work 👍👍👍

    @chasehicks7465@chasehicks7465 Жыл бұрын
  • With a disclaimer like that, you know it's going to be good

    @Natalie-101@Natalie-1012 жыл бұрын
    • The longer the disclaimer, the more awesome the content.

      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87212 жыл бұрын
    • @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 unless it's copyright disclaimer, which is lame

      @aloysiuskurnia7643@aloysiuskurnia76432 жыл бұрын
  • As a welshman, I had no idea that the cannon existed - you’re certainly forgiven for the recreating of the cannon for educationing me B)

    @jamesCondon6@jamesCondon62 жыл бұрын
  • This is why I love being Welsh

    @thatmadengineer_5552@thatmadengineer_55522 жыл бұрын
  • I do so love these programmes of yours. The sense of delight you have in them, the content itself, and the quality of the film-making all add up to a brilliant channel. Long may you continue. I'm sure CORNWALL will continue to provide a rich seam of subjects for you to mine =;-))

    @chriswills9530@chriswills95302 жыл бұрын
  • As a Qualified Welshman, I and the rest of the people of Wales forgive you.

    @enigmatruecrime@enigmatruecrime2 жыл бұрын
    • Why are you falling for this appropriation nonsense?

      @Dragiux@Dragiux2 жыл бұрын
    • @@Dragiux appropriation can be a genuine issue but in this case it was a joke and you've made yourself look like a right tit

      @cfor8129@cfor81292 жыл бұрын
    • @@Dragiux purpose of the video is to teach and educate and has also given visibility to a n old Welsh tradition that may otherwise be left behind in history isn't a bad thing. This is cultural APPRECIATION.

      @sofftskies3769@sofftskies37692 жыл бұрын
    • Ydw. This is correct. I, a westeen welshmen forgives the lad

      @Goblinoiddoof@Goblinoiddoof2 жыл бұрын
    • @@Dragiux Every culture appropriates something from others. It's only when a culture that's not considered "oppressed" appropriates something is when there's outrage. Hypocrites everywhere.

      @cristobalgarces1675@cristobalgarces16752 жыл бұрын
  • To be fair, if there ever was an Englishman who I wouldn't mind copying historical Welsh artefacts, it would be Tom.

    @ValleysOfRain@ValleysOfRain2 жыл бұрын
  • Loved it, that was excellent. A similar process was used in war a couple of times. In 1659, Polish soldiers dug angled holes in the ground while besieging the Swedes at Thorn and filled these with gunpowder and rock as primitive mortars. In 1771, the British Royal Artillery at Gibraltar drilled angled holes in the rock and used them similarly as mortars. Building simple Coehorn mortars like that saved on expensive metal ones. Might be something interesting for your explosives chap to do in the future?

    @Getpojke@Getpojke2 жыл бұрын
  • What a blast. Brilliant. Cheers!

    @LectronCircuits@LectronCircuits2 жыл бұрын
  • Blowing up explosives in a historical monument may not be a good look, but the red shirt is always a good look for you Tom!

    @Opus313@Opus3132 жыл бұрын
    • Wth, I just clicked on the reply and likes changed from 100 to 153! Still underrated, btw.

      @physicslover4951@physicslover49512 жыл бұрын
    • I think the locals would get really concerned about what's going on until they see the trustworthy red shirt.

      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87212 жыл бұрын
    • @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 You mean Tea-shirt? ☕ 👕

      @physicslover4951@physicslover49512 жыл бұрын
  • "Do not attempt this" Me, who definitely does not have gunpowder: _well there go my weekend plans, shattered to bits_

    @mini-_@mini-_2 жыл бұрын
    • Don't you mean your four weekends once you have gone through all that rigmaroll with concrete and drills?

      @ondank@ondank2 жыл бұрын
    • Clearly you built poor rock cannon if it shattered.

      @Tantusar@Tantusar2 жыл бұрын
    • Most American cities have stores that sell gunpowder for making custom bullets

      @zacrevier8721@zacrevier87212 жыл бұрын
    • **blown to smithereens**

      @ryledra6372@ryledra63722 жыл бұрын
    • @@zacrevier8721 Careful, though. BLACKPOWDER, used here, and SMOKELESS power, are two different things.

      @S_Roach@S_Roach2 жыл бұрын
  • Absolutely my type of video. Top marks, well done.

    @mccallan2798@mccallan27982 жыл бұрын
  • Wish I could give this more than one like, on the basis of how much effort went into it and how cool the result was.

    @jeffrichards9329@jeffrichards93292 жыл бұрын
  • Why did no one yell "fire in the hole"? It would have been such an easy joke.

    @lefettsack@lefettsack2 жыл бұрын
    • Now I'm disappointed at that missed shot.

      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87212 жыл бұрын
    • Who is "noone"? Do you mean _no one_ by chance? 🙄

      @coloradostrong@coloradostrong2 жыл бұрын
    • @@coloradostrong whoopsie

      @lefettsack@lefettsack2 жыл бұрын
    • @@coloradostrong if you really want to be prescriptivist, then many dictionaries list “noone” as a common alternate. You technically missed a comma in your sentence (Do you mean “no one”*,* by chance?), but nobody misunderstood you.

      @connermckay4012@connermckay40122 жыл бұрын
    • That's an American saying 🤔

      @Goady1000@Goady10002 жыл бұрын
  • These is some really cool and really simple fireworks infrastructure. I wish it was more common! But I can see why it isn't-it's only handy if you have lots of explosives available, only practical if you've got exposed rock somewhere fireworks-y, and pretty inflexible. Hard to convince a town to set aside a spot as their Fireworks Rock instead of just wheeling in a fancy computerized fireworks thingy whenever they have a specific need fr fireworks.

    @timothymclean@timothymclean2 жыл бұрын
    • The fancy computerized fireworks thingy is much more standardized and modular than you might expect.

      @WilliamWallace14051@WilliamWallace140512 жыл бұрын
    • @@WilliamWallace14051 That is, in fact, a big part of why it would be hard to convince a town to set aside a spot as their Fireworks Rock instead of just wheeling one in.

      @timothymclean@timothymclean2 жыл бұрын
    • Colorado School of Mines needs to make this a tradition.

      @joedellinger9437@joedellinger94372 жыл бұрын
    • Rock cannons were an amazing use of mines, but now that we don't have a whole lot of mines lying around it seems less viable.

      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87212 жыл бұрын
    • It's also easier when the town is full of people experienced in putting explosives in rocks. Sadly that's a less common skill these days :D

      @Septimus_ii@Septimus_ii2 жыл бұрын
  • that is actually really neat! props to Steve for making that

    @talkingdot@talkingdot2 жыл бұрын
  • As Welshmen, my family and friends had never heard of this, I guess you could call it, art. I've always loved this historical and cultural videos and we thank you for showing us some of our own!

    @matthewjackson4958@matthewjackson4958 Жыл бұрын
  • “So instead...” *Smash cut to 2 months later* “...I asked the explosives engineer I know...” Even Tom Scott would admit that moment was a bit too Tom Scott 😂😂😂

    @joebleasdale5557@joebleasdale55572 жыл бұрын
  • "We hope you'll forgive us, and if not, we hope you'll at least enjoy the show." is my new favourite Tom Scott quote.

    @GabrielSykes@GabrielSykes2 жыл бұрын
    • I never saw him so cheeky :)

      @yunyo1983@yunyo19832 жыл бұрын
    • Tom Scott is a poet.

      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87212 жыл бұрын
  • This may be your most explosive video yet. I hope this video really blows up. This content is highly combustible. This story has really got some bang to it. Talk about a lot of time and money going up in flame.

    @josefgordon7712@josefgordon77122 жыл бұрын
  • Thats a nice clean river, great job Wales looking after your own place!

    @monkofmayhem1373@monkofmayhem1373 Жыл бұрын
  • Never heard of rock cannon before but these were amazing! I think i need to find myself an explosives engineer 😂

    @Weisz@Weisz2 жыл бұрын
    • Hey, Louis! Didn't expect you to be here. Thanks for slapping a chicken for us!😄

      @danieljoybaguio7975@danieljoybaguio79752 жыл бұрын
    • Yooo

      @GotTimeGaming@GotTimeGaming2 жыл бұрын
    • Or getting your self a Explosives engineer degree, that's also work.

      @Nhatanh0475@Nhatanh04752 жыл бұрын
  • **everything blows up** Tom: “that was lovely”

    @teunjojo@teunjojo2 жыл бұрын
    • Supervillain Tom strikes again

      @BiaZarr@BiaZarr2 жыл бұрын
  • The percussive pattern of the original explosion sounded like a slow dramatic drumline... So cool! I gotta say I prefer it.

    @vivalaveritas@vivalaveritas Жыл бұрын
  • Back in the day this would have been quite the sight. Thanks for recreating it!

    @Sir_Uncle_Ned@Sir_Uncle_Ned2 жыл бұрын
  • Have to love how much content Tom really covers. Language, History, Culture, Computers, and now Explosives. Please keep up the good work, Tom

    @ragingmaia3919@ragingmaia39192 жыл бұрын
    • I think this counts as explosive culture

      @laoganmafootballclub6632@laoganmafootballclub66322 жыл бұрын
    • All that with the occasional panel show. Brilliant.

      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721@vigilantcosmicpenguin87212 жыл бұрын
  • Ah hello past Tom and spam bots. Good to know we all are interested in Old fireworks

    @nocah2561@nocah25612 жыл бұрын
    • Ah yes as always

      @cozdod019@cozdod0192 жыл бұрын
  • That is really cool and ingenious, never heard of this and I am a certified pyro !! Great job guys !

    @watchguy79@watchguy792 жыл бұрын
  • No clickbait here, this is good old 19th century fire and smoke fun. Thank you!

    @mjd4174@mjd41742 жыл бұрын
  • As a Welshman, it's always satisfying when the English pronounce Betws-y-Coed correctly

    @jackstonehouse7305@jackstonehouse73052 жыл бұрын
    • a rare sight

      @Goblinoiddoof@Goblinoiddoof2 жыл бұрын
    • dw'in cytuno

      @willwildee3434@willwildee34342 жыл бұрын
    • I love listening to English people pronounce our towns and city's names right

      @alfadog1879@alfadog18792 жыл бұрын
    • What do you mean? It's always such a delight hearing about their holidays to these made-up towns like Betsy Co-ed, Clan Dude-no and Doll Gel Lore

      @Tom-ns8vk@Tom-ns8vk2 жыл бұрын
    • Bet was why co-ed of course

      @demondelaplace5161@demondelaplace5161 Жыл бұрын
  • Can't wait for the next installment of "Tom became friends with a professional pyrotechnician".

    @Kevin-xw1eo@Kevin-xw1eo2 жыл бұрын
  • "We hope you'll forgive us. And if not, we at least hope you enjoy the show" Tom, as it's you, and you're one of the people who keep a smile on my face. I hereby accept your apology, for all of Wales.

    @Xenerith@Xenerith2 жыл бұрын
  • I love how Stephen cheerfully says "Once we are done with this, it will get screeded over, and I'll never have to see it again 😂😂😂😂

    @EATSLEEPDRIVE2002@EATSLEEPDRIVE20023 ай бұрын
  • I love the let’s blow stuff up but historically and cool episodes

    @theonlyenekoeneko@theonlyenekoeneko2 жыл бұрын
    • Omg hi! Nice to see you here! ❤️

      @mitaalishukla3850@mitaalishukla38502 жыл бұрын
    • @@mitaalishukla3850 🤣 hello hello

      @theonlyenekoeneko@theonlyenekoeneko2 жыл бұрын
    • @@theonlyenekoeneko we FAHns sure have a fondness for entertaining educators, don't we 😄

      @mitaalishukla3850@mitaalishukla38502 жыл бұрын
    • @@mitaalishukla3850 impeccable taste for it 😁

      @theonlyenekoeneko@theonlyenekoeneko2 жыл бұрын
  • I wonder if this may inspire any Welsh communities to have another go at their rock cannons?

    @alysoffoxdale@alysoffoxdale2 жыл бұрын
  • I've been to Betws-y-Coed once, actually stood on the rocks you were on

    @SwitchbackSylveon@SwitchbackSylveon2 жыл бұрын
  • That was a lovely show at the end. Definitely and improvement.

    @rickr530@rickr530 Жыл бұрын
  • Old KZhead: Canon Rock New KZhead: Rock Cannon Tom Scott has been there for both.

    @themennissvids@themennissvids2 жыл бұрын
    • Canon Rock*

      @BodyMusicification@BodyMusicification2 жыл бұрын
    • Next: Canon Rock feat. Rock Cannon, Tchaikovsky-style

      @revimfadli4666@revimfadli46662 жыл бұрын
  • I like this explosives guy. He’s a good regular to have on your videos

    @TheBob6544@TheBob65442 жыл бұрын
  • I've wanted to know what these sounded like for 40 years, nice work. God bless

    @darreno9874@darreno98742 жыл бұрын
  • Hiking when I lived in Georgia I always wondered what those were, that's so cool!

    @o-manthehuman7867@o-manthehuman78672 жыл бұрын
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