Speaking of longitude, we can recall the primary school classroom, the teacher with a globe to explain to us the scene. So what kind of story will the movie called Longitude tell? In fact, this movie tells two stories. One is the story of a British carpenter experimenting with a high-precision clock for the navy at the end of the 17th century. The second is the story of a wounded retired British naval lieutenant colonel trying to repair a carpenter's clocks during World War I. These two stories in different time and space, which are nearly 300 years apart, are told alternately with two clues in the film, bringing the audience into history and thinking about people and the world. First of all, it is necessary to talk about the relationship between clock and longitude. We know that since the end of the 15th century, mankind has entered the era of great geographical discovery. After repeated voyages, the Spanish and Portuguese fleets discovered one new continent after another, where they brought large-scale massacres and brought back countless gold and slaves. Subsequently, British pirates, as well as the British navy flying the pirate flag, wantonly looted ships carrying gold and silver from Spain and Portugal. This gold became the first bucket of gold in the primitive accumulation of capitalism in these European countries. In 1584, Queen Elizabeth of England told the pirates.
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