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Now I know why they were the "roaring forties"


9 June 2009 12:00 GMT / By Ian Hughes

It's funny how we take entertainment for granted these days. If we get bored we flick on a TV, plug in a games console or a Blu-Ray player and escape to another world.

It wasn't always that way. Take this clip from 1944.
Bear with me, the first minute or so are nothing all that special. But after that it all gets bit, well, twisty

Next time you complain about aches and pains, remember this lot.

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