Where To Stream Sword, Musket and Machine Gun Britain's Armed History Season 1 Episode 2
The Big Bang
- Aired January 12, 2017
- 60 Min
From the Saxon shield-wall to the discovery of gunpowder and the invention of the machine gun, Dr. Sam Willis traces the history of the weapons that have shaped Britain. In the second episode, Sam charts the impact of gunpowder on the battlefield, from the first cannons to early handheld weapons, and finds out what it's like to fire an English Civil War musket.