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Offline Ex 49'er

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Groundwar on PBS
« on: June 06, 2010, 08:58:34 AM »
I don't know if this has been discussed before. On Friday evening on PBS there was an episode of "Groundwar". The episode was "Firepower".
All about early cannons and trebuchets to modern cannons. Very interesting. Here is the link:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ground-war/episodes/firepower/watch-full-episode/10/
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Re: Groundwar on PBS
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2010, 10:08:52 AM »
THANKS for posting it.

I would have missed it, as when we went DIGITAL we no longer can get the PBS tv station.
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Re: Groundwar on PBS
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2010, 11:12:13 AM »
Thanks! Much appreciated.
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Re: Groundwar on PBS
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2010, 04:32:02 PM »
Nice video, thanks for posting it... Does anybody know of any other cannon videos online?


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Re: Groundwar on PBS
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2010, 06:05:47 PM »
Thanks I did enjoy watching that  ;D

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Re: Groundwar on PBS
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2010, 09:58:54 PM »
Enjoyed the show, Ex 49'er; that was forum member Bob Smith featured in a few of the segments.
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