The Secrets Of Cornwall - Part 1 - Communications

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

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  • @MarkThomasChannel
    @MarkThomasChannel  3 года назад +78

    There is a very valid reason as to why part two has not been made. You will soon understand. The role of mass surveillance is critically vital to an ongoing situation and I would not want to jeopardise anything, so I will wait until I am sure my video would cause no harm.

  • @pyrotechnicsolutions
    @pyrotechnicsolutions 8 лет назад +260

    Why don't they make documentaries like this for television any more? This is the most intelligent and original work I have seen in a very long time.

    • @ntt2478
      @ntt2478 8 лет назад

      Don't get around much anymore?

    • @hakology
      @hakology 7 лет назад +9

      tv is for entertainment not education?

    • @jamesthewarrior693
      @jamesthewarrior693 7 лет назад +19

      Paul Mulvihill because TV isn't there to educate you it's there to endoctronate you

    • @DJFace147
      @DJFace147 7 лет назад +3

      james hatton couldn't have put it better!

    • @Daytona2
      @Daytona2 7 лет назад +14

      Personally I couldn't care a less about what TV networks choose to show me, when there's good stuff like this on the internet. Time to stop thinking in TV centric terms :)

  • @TomWhi
    @TomWhi 5 лет назад +39

    I don’t often comment on videos, but bloody hell was this fascinating! Thank you for making it.

    • @TomWhi
      @TomWhi 4 года назад

      @@TONE11111 Thanks for sharing!! I'll watch that one later

  • @coastmansingha9980
    @coastmansingha9980 7 лет назад +38

    As everyone else has said this documentary is an example of how a meaningful documentary should be made. Firstly, many thanks for all the effort and time you spent making this, it is very much appreciated. It is professional, informative and well presented. I very much look forward to a part 2 and any other documentaries you produce.

  • @andrewclimo5709
    @andrewclimo5709 2 года назад +5

    Brilliant, top-notch documentary. If there's any such thing as an award for independent documentary makers, you should most definitely get one!!

  • @adam_wynne
    @adam_wynne 6 лет назад +27

    There's no such thing as a perfect RUclips vi...
    Seriously, as a very proud Kernow native and ultra-nerd, this is absolutely one of the greatest things I have ever watched! So glad I stumbled upon your channel! Keep up the ace work 🤘

  • @snarpatroid3571
    @snarpatroid3571 4 года назад +8

    I've probably watched this 5 times or more, it is one of my favourite videos on RUclips thank you

    • @MarkThomasChannel
      @MarkThomasChannel  4 года назад +6

      Im glad you like it! You wont believe what is going on behind the scenes! When the world changes remember this video!

  • @Garypearc
    @Garypearc 7 лет назад +12

    Absolutely superb documentary, I live in Cornwall and found this fascinating, I have passed these buildings day after day without realising what they were!

  • @paulwalteruk
    @paulwalteruk 8 лет назад +77

    An extremely thorough and comprehensive piece of work. Well done Mark, I appreciate the time, effort, energy and stress which this film must have taken to prepare. You've presented all the facts in a very attractive way, woven as part of a methodical geographic narrative. I take my hat off to you!

    • @1948DESMOND
      @1948DESMOND 6 лет назад

      why don't you take off your trousers instead?

    • @davidsradioroom9678
      @davidsradioroom9678 5 лет назад

      An amazing video. I honeymooned in Cornwall 40 years ago. I never knew about this stuff.

  • @adriaannikken7519
    @adriaannikken7519 7 лет назад +7

    this is the first yt I have ever seen without a single advertisement

  • @colinstewart1432
    @colinstewart1432 2 года назад +3

    Excellent work Mark. Secret infrastructure is mostly hidden in plain sight.

  • @MrTrevithick
    @MrTrevithick 3 года назад +11

    Interesting video and a great amount of effort shows. A couple of details to fill a gap or two, the unmanned building across from Skewjack with the cable line towards it is a Chain Home radar transmitter bunker and was decommissioned in the late 1950s and has been used for agricultural purposes and is being converted into a dwelling. The bunker that you describe as a nuclear bunker next to the satellite BT station next to Skewjack is one of the original substation bunkers for the chain home site (there is another at Trebehor) and was last used for the supply to Lands End radio, it was decommissioned after that and the BT site is fed from a transformer on a pole near the CH substation. There are pictures about of the CH site taken during WW2, the receiver bunkers being either side of the BT site and transmitters south of them, the second transmitter bunker is used as an artists studio. Hope that plugs some gaps.

  • @carling23549846
    @carling23549846 4 года назад +12

    Fantastic film Mark. I worked on the AC2 landing station in Bude when it was being built and was involved in the commissioning of the fibres and DWDM's but didn't have a clue what it was going to be used for back then apart from a link to the US.... Very well researched documentary and really loved it. Cheers

  • @ravenwing8842
    @ravenwing8842 Месяц назад +1

    Absolutely fascinating video - well researched, well presented and very interesting! I thoroughly enjoyed watching it. I appreciated the attention to detail and was impressed with your editing. Far better than some of the rubbish on TV in my opinion. Thank you to you and the team for all your efforts. I’d love to see the next part, but understand why it may not happen.

  • @marklargan
    @marklargan 7 лет назад +8

    Absolutely first class documentary on the cables in cornwall.

  • @Eddiecurrent2000
    @Eddiecurrent2000 6 лет назад +4

    Awesome! As a tels engineer working in the electrical industry it still fascinates me just how much we can squeeze down a thin glass fibre.

  • @murphychris9811
    @murphychris9811 Год назад +4

    7 years ago and i still watch this video all the time

    • @TomWhi
      @TomWhi 11 месяцев назад +1

      I'm always recommending it to IT network technicians who want to know more about how the internet works...

  • @dazzlekernow1408
    @dazzlekernow1408 8 лет назад +34

    Loving your work! Cant wait for part 2.

  • @g0fvt
    @g0fvt 5 лет назад +2

    My late father was involved in the "Goonhilly Project" in about 1960, later on I went to the college at C&W Telecommunications College. This is a superb video, absolutely fascinating.

  • @jonnojamwood
    @jonnojamwood 9 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic bit of work here, lots of effort and homework done.
    I'll be out scoping the roads of Western Australia. Cheers mates

  • @oneron3045
    @oneron3045 8 лет назад +7

    Actually I was looking for any good documentary on Cornwall as my next holiday destination. Ended up watching this interesting, intriguing and so well made coverage. Thanks!

    • @hayleymartin333
      @hayleymartin333 7 лет назад +1

      PENZANCE CORNWALL IS THE MOST HAUNTED PLACE AROUND, I LUCKY TO LIVE THERE. LOTS OF HISTORY AND ST MARYS CHURCH GRAVE YARD, CHAPEL STREET IN PENZANCE IS VERY MUCH HAUNTED. STAY LONG ENOUTH FOR SURE U WILL SEE SOMETHING... I PROMISE U THAT! SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR U GUYS TO THINK ABOUT. YOU TUBE IT. GOD BLESS U

    • @TONE11111
      @TONE11111 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/rgi2MozX9fc/видео.html

  • @dorsetbearhouse
    @dorsetbearhouse 2 года назад +3

    Do hope you do more of these. Find it completely interesting. 🙌 love your work.

  • @Daytona2
    @Daytona2 7 лет назад +5

    Fascinating, thank you :) I don't watch much TV anymore, with content like this, there's no need to ! :)

    • @lesleywalkerpiromengro6121
      @lesleywalkerpiromengro6121 5 лет назад +1

      just what I just replied above;since I got you tube ,I didn't bother with the tv programmes any more.

  • @lukosius68
    @lukosius68 9 месяцев назад +1

    This is one of the best OSINT work that i've ever came across. Thanks a lot mate!

  • @loopiewho
    @loopiewho 3 года назад +2

    I have never really thought about whats under a man hole cover ,except telephone wires and sewers ,but after watching this awesome film i was fascinated,i had no idea at all all that was under our feet ,and i love the clear way you explained it all with drone footage and high lighted cables your awesome what a fantastic brain you must have to edit all this data and know all this information so well you can explain it to somebody like me , thank so much .i feel like ive really learnt something ,i will look at man holes in a totally different way from now on

  • @euanjupp
    @euanjupp 8 лет назад +16

    Brilliant. Excellent job Mark - cant wait for more.

  • @overfoxed
    @overfoxed Год назад

    Probably one of the greatest videos on RUclips, ever. I know not many are into this sort of thing, but why doesn't this sort of content get spots on things like Netflix? This is just so masterfully done

  • @RichardWright-el9wn
    @RichardWright-el9wn 5 лет назад +4

    Brilliant video. Watched a few times now. Fasinating. Can't wait for Part 2

  • @calw2939
    @calw2939 6 лет назад +1

    This is a fantastic documentary. Not overly dramatic but thorough and interesting!

  • @hookbeak3516
    @hookbeak3516 3 года назад +1

    The landing stations are much like the format & presentation of your documentary, a small unassuming structure which carries a huge amount of data away from prying eyes. Four years to make - well done.

  • @IKS-Exploration
    @IKS-Exploration 5 лет назад +6

    Wow this is amazing thanks for your hard work folk :)

  • @veritypickle8471
    @veritypickle8471 6 лет назад +1

    PLEASE do lots more of this stuff. What a fantastic watch.

  • @aljones27uk
    @aljones27uk 7 лет назад +3

    Interesting and very well put together. Looking forward to Part 2 now!

  • @truthseekers666
    @truthseekers666 6 лет назад +3

    Wow im blown away by the work you have done here. Hats off!

  • @mtbtomfoolery
    @mtbtomfoolery 6 лет назад +13

    What an excellent documentary! Please please give us an idea when part 2 will be uploaded :)

  • @welsh1lad
    @welsh1lad 2 года назад +1

    Really enjoyed this , was at Goonhilly back in 2000 , when it was fully operational . It wont get decommed. There are way too many entries into the UK via Goonhilly . look forward to your part two. Keep the good work up . And the video was well presented.

  • @hugorune766
    @hugorune766 5 лет назад +6

    Ah, submarine cables.... fond memories for me, I was involved in the laying and engineering of ANZCAN submarine cable (analog) from Australia to Norfolk Island to Fiji to Hawaii and ending in Vancouver Canada
    I was also involved with the early digital cables from Exeter to Cornwall, I was working for Standard Telephones an Cables STC back in the 80's on both the above jobs

    • @fatsam2564
      @fatsam2564 2 года назад

      My dad worked for cable and wireless Chelmsford as a submarine and cable engineer I remember going too visit him on the ship in Vancouver Canada probably mid to late 90s

    • @hugorune766
      @hugorune766 2 года назад +1

      @@fatsam2564 I too worked for C+W, Chelmsford was involved I recall, but for C+W I was mainly in Nigeria on the Shell contract...
      I'm trying to remember the dates I was on that Pacific contract, it was definitely mid 80's, it was called ANZCAN

  • @chooselife3000
    @chooselife3000 7 лет назад +1

    Absolutely excellent, +Mark Thomas Better than most content on TV better than most documentaries made by large pro teams. Full credit

  • @iancrosby1214
    @iancrosby1214 4 года назад +2

    Brilliant Mark so pleased I came across your. Channel.

  • @harveyjohnny1967
    @harveyjohnny1967 2 месяца назад

    What an amazingly well-researched and informative video. Thanks for it!

  • @ScrotusXL
    @ScrotusXL 6 лет назад +1

    Just extraordinary research and top notch production. Really 4 years in the making?! Well it shows. I don't have a Netflix account, Sky subscription for a reason. RUclips is still the go to place for the best docs. I hope it remains ad free for the foreseeable. This is the 3rd time I've watched this and I've learned even more as there's so much info. Great work.

  • @natho11420
    @natho11420 8 лет назад +5

    This is a great video, working for openreach and living local I have spent a lot of time in the widemouth bay telephone exchange and it has encouraged me to find out more, there are various collections of documents that remain in widemouth regarding the old transatlantic cables quite fascinating.

    • @colinstewart1432
      @colinstewart1432 2 года назад

      Because of your job, it's likely you'll be monitored in some way.

    • @nathanmears7953
      @nathanmears7953 2 года назад +2

      @@colinstewart1432 the site is now only a local TE the remaining items aren’t sensitive and much of the interesting stuff has been taken away now, just a shame that some of the items can’t be brought out and put into museums for everyone to see…..

    • @colinstewart1432
      @colinstewart1432 2 года назад

      @@nathanmears7953 thanks for that 👍

  • @pilotbloke
    @pilotbloke 8 лет назад +2

    Thanks for the film Mark, I really enjoyed this. I've been a bit of a spotter of these places for some years but I've never seen such a careful explanation as yours.

  • @Tampo-tiger
    @Tampo-tiger Год назад

    Blimey, is there any video on RUclips that took so much effort to research? This is phenomenal Mark!

  • @nigelnathan5199
    @nigelnathan5199 8 лет назад +2

    Amazing research and camera work. What dedication. Only slight negative is that sometimes the background sound track was a bit intrusive. Overall a fantastic, enlightening piece of work. Thank you. I really look forward to Part 2

  • @alancrossley4461
    @alancrossley4461 4 года назад +1

    I bet your children love their holidays with you! I lived, as did my father, in Cornwall for many years and was almost totally unaware of the level of communication networks in the county .
    I lived in St Mawgan, just below the airport which, for many years, was the home of RAF St Mawgan . The activity of Nimrod aircraft was constant, and provided great amusement for anyone with an interest in military aircraft movements.

    • @MarkThomasChannel
      @MarkThomasChannel  3 года назад +1

      Lets not mention the cables that come down the road to Watergate Bay and Mawgan Porth that may or may not be the landing point for the Sonar systems in the Atlantic!

  • @jackyhawkins1895
    @jackyhawkins1895 6 лет назад

    I have lived in Cornwall for over 40yrs and spent many a beautiful day on Porthcurno. My brother works at Goonhilly. Enjoyed the video.

  • @richards779
    @richards779 7 лет назад +2

    Mark, your documentatory is highly impressive and immaculately researched, you really did your homework, well done. Would love to see you turn your skills to finding nuclear bunkers!

  • @robinwells8879
    @robinwells8879 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks Mark and co. Absolutely wonderful documentary! Don't think that I have ever watched a RUclips video twice back to back before. Excellent research.
    Strangely, I am less concerned about GCHQ snooping than by being taken down by a world markets crash caused by the insanely linked computer trading centres. My life hardly interests me so GCHQ are welcome to pour over it all they like!

    • @MarkThomasChannel
      @MarkThomasChannel  5 лет назад +2

      Robin , when you find out shortly what GCHQ did your faith in them will shattered, they colluded with the Obama administration and provided surveillance on the Trump campaign in the 2016 election race in an attempt to throw the result in favour of Hilary Clinton.
      No matter what swing you place on this fact, these systems have been abused and the spirit of the law has been circumvented for political gain. We are so lucky the good guys have forced this issue into the public spotlight and GCHQ needs to apologise to all American voters and the UK public it serves for its criminal and Orwellian behaviour.

    • @robinwells8879
      @robinwells8879 5 лет назад

      I don't doubt it for a moment Mark! I watched aghast as my wife was subtly manipulated on Facebook for the last election in the uk and even the last American election. We are seeing the end game of Western Democracy I fear as it becomes increasingly unfit for purpose.

  • @VHSRepair1
    @VHSRepair1 8 лет назад +9

    excellent research.

  • @kenny832
    @kenny832 2 месяца назад

    Great info!
    I used to live in the house attached to the Skewjack station, before it was there & the remains of the Skewjack surfers holiday park chalets were still there.
    We used to wonder what went on in the Fujitsu building (now BT Lands end) just up the road

  • @michaelchapman4269
    @michaelchapman4269 6 лет назад +1

    Wow, what a fascinating film. Thanks so much for uploading and all the work you must have put in. So many questions!

  • @ollietizzard5180
    @ollietizzard5180 Год назад

    Mate this is some fantastic investigation. How have I not come across this video before? Curse the YT algorithm!

  • @Kenleaty
    @Kenleaty Год назад +1

    Really nicely edited video. So was it you.who left or friend with this Intel?

  • @001desertrat3
    @001desertrat3 7 лет назад +1

    Greetings from Nevada, U.S.A. - Thank You Mark, it was very interesting and informative. Also, Thanks for the wonderful tour through the Cornwall countryside, - someplace I'll never get to see in person.

  • @wfdix1
    @wfdix1 4 года назад

    Really enjoyed this video, for both historical and career information. I’m a retired electrical engineer that worked for the Air Force Satellite Control Network which had documentation illustrating locations of transAtlantic UK landing points. I would like to visit a museum of this sort to see construction of these cables and their capacities.

    • @MarkThomasChannel
      @MarkThomasChannel  3 года назад

      Very interesting! There are a lot of dark fibre landing points I would like to know the locations of!

  • @thermionic1234567
    @thermionic1234567 5 лет назад +2

    Excellent job! I’m having a nerdgasm!

  • @LaZoucheCustomshop
    @LaZoucheCustomshop 4 года назад +3

    Brilliantly done investigation and editing. This should be how the big networks do information programmes and not the mind numbing garbage they dish out now. As a side not I used to live just out side Bude in a little village called Bush to wit there was a earth bank abuting our cottage which, so I was informed by an old BT employee, had the transatlantic cable buried in it. Hence why we could run our garage strip light, though flickeringly, off its radiated power bleed.

  • @brianrea9679
    @brianrea9679 4 года назад +1

    absolutely fascinating watch, well done Mark

  • @auldflyer
    @auldflyer Год назад

    Eerie................................Great presentation, did not know that Cornwall had so many Secret Squirrel's.........................Everytime I buy Rodda's Clotted Cream I will be reminded of this!

  • @Thursdaym2
    @Thursdaym2 5 лет назад

    Many thanks from Cornwall resident, fascinating.

  • @ankdoeslego9731
    @ankdoeslego9731 6 лет назад

    Very well made this deserves more publicity!

  • @easybullet3
    @easybullet3 3 месяца назад

    wow! such a detailed amount of information and research.

  • @markpickering5133
    @markpickering5133 6 лет назад

    Fairly staggering documentary. I’m viewing it from New Zealand but my grandmother was Cornish and I’ve been to Cornwall many times, and walked along some of those narrow lanes myself, which have half the worlds data underneath them! Well done, very thorough research. No wonder the police wanted to talk to you!

  • @R-K61
    @R-K61 6 лет назад +1

    As a local this has been a brilliantly informative video, thankyou. I remember working at st morgan when they put the cables in at Watergate bay. spooky stuff.

  • @Sparky5999
    @Sparky5999 6 лет назад +1

    There must be quite a bit of additional layers of security here, that we do not see. I may work later this year, near Goonhilly. I am not privy to any classified information but this very well done documentary, with images, maps, routes, photos, etc of all the various cable landings and routes, makes me uneasy that it is public, and not restricted distribution. Wow...just... Wow.

    • @robertklouse3868
      @robertklouse3868 5 лет назад

      Patrick Barthelow
      hegemony ring a bell
      Why do you call yourself, patrick?
      disclosure laws, right

  • @73Ferret
    @73Ferret 7 месяцев назад

    Glad I found this - answered a lot of questions!

  • @johnmcphee1
    @johnmcphee1 Год назад

    Great Video - Can't wait for part 2.

  • @janalsbury9182
    @janalsbury9182 8 лет назад +1

    Fascinating ! I can't wait for part 2 !

  • @atvsteam
    @atvsteam 8 лет назад +7

    Interesting, thanks for sharing.
    Part 2 ???

  • @alzorus
    @alzorus 5 лет назад +9

    that ""Bude Furniture"" container looks legit, just like the 'Flowers By Irene' van in The Simpsons.

  • @Rob-dt6mo
    @Rob-dt6mo 5 лет назад +2

    Very well done very interesting & very informative
    Love the milk man 30 people use to leave in a bus then 30 people use to arrive by bus at a bungalow wow just wow 🧐😀

  • @13soxs
    @13soxs 3 года назад

    Excellent piece of journalism!! Produced by three people, wow, bbc would need a shed load to make this. Well done the team, just be careful, your card must be marked for sure.....

  • @CaptainOveur69
    @CaptainOveur69 7 лет назад +2

    underground stuff really interests me. tunnels bunkers, old mine shafts, cold war relics, and now cable ducts and routes! brilliant video, been wanting to visit cornwall/devon for a while, will probably go in the summer

    • @AlisonBryen
      @AlisonBryen 5 лет назад +1

      Wait until you discover lost and culverted rivers...you will lose your shit!

    • @followurheart1112
      @followurheart1112 10 месяцев назад

      Have u looked into DUMBS?? 😅

  • @happysunshinydays6349
    @happysunshinydays6349 4 года назад

    Awesome video. The footage/locations filmed in the Spring/Summer really give it an ASMR quality for me.

  • @lindathomas5500
    @lindathomas5500 Год назад

    Wish you would make part two…. This was so interesting.

  • @petekernow1
    @petekernow1 7 лет назад +1

    Fascinating to learn how much is going on in these remoter parts of Kernow. I knew it was important but this is remarkable. Skewjack was a wartime RAF camp but I don't know whether it was telecomms. Then the huts became a tourist site, latterly Skewjack Surf Village. Think how much longer the film would have been if the pc brigade had forced you to talk about "personnel access facilities"!! Roll on Part 2 - hope you're not in gaol!

  • @markadams4194
    @markadams4194 4 года назад +1

    Amazing work, well done!

  • @charbander
    @charbander 4 года назад

    Most excellent...absolutely loaded with interesting and relevent information....much appreciate your research and attention to detail.

  • @philhughes5416
    @philhughes5416 4 года назад +1

    Wow. That was really interesting. I did enjoy watching that. Thankyou

  • @stonkeng
    @stonkeng 5 лет назад

    WOW, Thanks Mark for all the hard work making this.

  • @tamphex
    @tamphex 4 года назад +1

    This doco was very interesting and very well presented.

  • @DarrenWetherilt
    @DarrenWetherilt 6 лет назад +1

    This is superb - great research and really well compiled.

  • @moonshinepz
    @moonshinepz 4 года назад +1

    What a fantastic documentary.

  • @clairejarrett3482
    @clairejarrett3482 3 года назад

    I found this strangely fascinating, definitely an eye opener as I've seen some of these buildings before

  • @timothytreseder770
    @timothytreseder770 3 года назад

    Awesome film!! Thank you for taking the time and effort in the making of it. I trail run and explore, particularly down on the Lizard, I'm intrigued by the story of the coach arriving in Ponsongath! I'm defo having a detailed mooch around down there next week.

  • @TheElfishGene
    @TheElfishGene 6 месяцев назад

    Well, that was a lot more interesting than it probably should have been.

  • @younguno8817
    @younguno8817 8 лет назад +1

    Really good job on this one m8!

  • @morganormrod1622
    @morganormrod1622 2 года назад

    fair play this is an excellent documentary and so well researched

  • @eddiewillers1
    @eddiewillers1 6 лет назад

    Kudos to you, sir! A fascinating discourse and clear demonstration of your balls in poking your nose around in a way that would attract unwanted attention.

  • @MyVielfrass
    @MyVielfrass 4 года назад

    This video gives me information, that makes me understand this part of my daily day life better. Thank's Mark.

  • @rationalraven8956
    @rationalraven8956 7 лет назад

    Fascinating documentary, would love to see part 2

  • @derekwatson7037
    @derekwatson7037 2 года назад

    Excellent Work. Well Done Sir !

  • @DavidHarberRadio
    @DavidHarberRadio 7 лет назад

    Excellent piece of work. Really well put together. Thank you.
    Looking forward to "Part Two"(?!)

  • @SueGirling68
    @SueGirling68 5 лет назад +1

    Wow I never knew so much was going on in my home County. Thanks for all of your hard work. x

    • @TONE11111
      @TONE11111 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/rgi2MozX9fc/видео.html

    • @paulone805
      @paulone805 3 года назад +1

      Right

  • @JCBeastie
    @JCBeastie 8 лет назад

    Terrific. Can't wait for the next instalment.

  • @terryobrien9865
    @terryobrien9865 2 года назад

    Very interesting,, a fasinating video. I was a jointer for Standard Telephones Ltd, on TAT 2 and 3, and many others berfore fibre cables.

  • @pimptronic
    @pimptronic 7 лет назад

    Really good mate.Nice production.

  • @phil4350
    @phil4350 4 года назад

    Great video .... thoroughly enjoyed it

  • @terryknights1
    @terryknights1 5 лет назад

    A stunning bit of research and so well done