The Captain Bligh Conspiracy Trailer

The Captain Bligh Conspiracy Trailer - official trailer HD

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00:00 Reputation, like virginity, once gone, it's hard to recapture.

00:07 And few would lose their reputation as completely as Captain William Bly.

00:25 In 1789, Captain Bly had become victim to the most famous mutiny of naval history.

00:31 He was thrown off his own ship, the Bounty, and left to fend for himself on the high seas.

00:39 Three of the mutineers would hang, and the reputation of William Bly would never be the same,

00:47 although he couldn't guess how far it was to sink.

00:54 William Bly is known today as a monster and a tyrant.

00:58 He's an icon of cruelty whose brutal regime provoked a mutiny.

01:02 Hanging from the highest yard arm in the British fleet!

01:06 But is this reputation fair?

01:09 Content and cheerfulness. My ancestor just can't be the brute.

01:13 The spectacular downward spiralling reputation of William Bly is even more remarkable than the mutiny itself.

01:20 And the story starts not with Hollywood, but with a man with a grudge to bear and a tale to tell.

01:26 Morrison's main purpose is to save his skin.

01:29 And a forgotten manuscript gathering dust that was not all that it seemed.

01:34 An unverified, unchallenged account of Bly has become, in quotes, the truth. But it isn't the truth.

01:41 It's the story of an 18th century spin operation that would create a myth to echo down the centuries

01:48 and endure even today.

01:51 [music]