(There is no dialogue in this video) This is the bell in Parliament's
Clock Tower (Big Ben). The bell at the centre of this film is called Big
Ben. There are two possible explanations for the bell's name:
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It could have been named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the First Commissioner
of Works, who was a tall man and known in the House of Commons as Big
Ben.
- It may have been named after a champion heavyweight boxer
of the time called Ben Caunt. He fought his last fight in 1857 when it
was being decided what to call the bell.
Visit
http://www.parliament.uk/bigben for more information about Big Ben.
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