The Night London Died: The Great Fire of 1666

Описание: The year is 1666, and the summer wind is howling from the east. London is not a city of stone, but a forest of dead wood waiting for a single spark to turn the night sky into blood.

In the late summer of the 17th century, the medieval world ended not with a war, but with a baker’s oven. Following a devastating plague, the city was a tinderbox of pitch, tar, and timber, dried out by a merciless sun. This documentary traces the terrifying timeline of the Great Fire, from the initial spark on Pudding Lane to the arrogant negligence of Lord Mayor Bloodworth, whose hesitation allowed the beast to break its chains. We witness the horrifying physics of the firestorm that created its own weather system, boiling the lead roof of St. Paul's Cathedral and turning the Thames into a highway of misery.

But this is more than a story of destruction; it is the blueprint of the modern world. We explore how King Charles II used the brutal logic of gunpowder to starve the flames, and how architects like Christopher Wren looked upon the moonscape of ash and saw a new city of stone and mathematics. From the tragedy of the maid who became the first unrecorded victim to the mob justice sought by paranoid refugees, this is the story of how London burned to the ground—and why we are living in the house that fire built.

Historical Figures & Locations: Thomas Farriner (Baker), Pudding Lane, Lord Mayor Sir Thomas Bloodworth, King Charles II, James (Duke of York), St. Paul’s Cathedral, Christopher Wren, The Monument, The River Thames, Ludgate Hill, Moorfields, Robert Hubert.

Technical Specifications: This video utilizes advanced AI tools (Midjourney, Runway, ElevenLabs) to bring history to life in 4K.

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