Video: On Saint Helena, Emperor Napoleon is still waiting for his fans

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Our reporter has been to the island of Saint-Helena, in the middle of the South Atlantic, where the French emperor Napoleon was exiled by the British in 1815 after Waterloo. Two centuries later, this small piece of land with strong tourist potential remains remote, despite the construction of a brand new airport. For safety reasons, long-haul flights are unable to land. The residents of Saint-Helena remain isolated and few tourists come to see the place where Napoleon lived out his last days.
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@doesnotexist305 3 жыл бұрын

Napoleon has been interred at Les Invalides in Paris since 1840 lol. The gravesite on St. Helena was his original burial place.

@hirsch4155 4 ай бұрын

That’s why in the report it says “former grave”, you need to listen better.

@doesnotexist305 4 ай бұрын

@@hirsch4155 read the title of the video.

@27bykarthi 4 жыл бұрын

No one can't replace Nepoleon. With love from India.

@ecstacy2921 3 жыл бұрын

Can*

@KOTKCereal-1jhkjhjkhjkh 8 ай бұрын

@@ecstacy2921 Ur really gonna do bro like that? I would assume english isn't his first language considering he says he's from india

@napoleonemperorofeurope7585 7 жыл бұрын

Vive L'Empereur

@AveTrainOnDaTrack 4 жыл бұрын

Vive l’Empereur Napoléon

@balayethossainjoy1345 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful place is saint Helena I'm Bangladeshi citizens on day I will visit their 🇧🇩🇿🇦

@patronsaintofpoison 4 жыл бұрын

8:36 that is one unique accent and the last name "greentree" tells such a history

@achilles9448 3 жыл бұрын

im a history buff and I love my country America bt I love to learn other countries history. i would love to see this island...

@jackremington3397 4 жыл бұрын

There will never be another Napoleon! Never!

@chevychase3103 2 жыл бұрын

The NWO will make Napoleon look like a schoolyard bully!

@eleidal 5 жыл бұрын

this is the best documentary on St. Helena by far

@nasirrasul345 5 жыл бұрын

I would visir napoleon’s grave. Plus a chance to visir this remote island depicted so darkly by the emperor and his memoir

@wasantha7682 2 жыл бұрын

Love the island ...

@PalofGrrr 3 жыл бұрын

They sent the body back to France in 1830 Napoleon's body in France

@longjohnsilver7986 3 жыл бұрын

Napoleon a great patriot. He loved France and that fact condemned him

@randallkoch6183 3 жыл бұрын

It looks like a neat place to visit.

@WEBSTERFILMS 2 жыл бұрын

subbed and using this channel for research for our film

@TheConfederate1863 2 жыл бұрын

still waiting when the airport is finished....it's on my bucket list :-)

@misterx1342 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of an old English town in South Africa

@dayandnight8805 4 жыл бұрын

it costs a billion dollars to get there. otherwise I would go there in a heartbeat.

@simonbird1973 2 жыл бұрын

Nope, you get on a British Airways jet & fly there.

@timothyhopkins6960 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful .

@chiregio58 3 жыл бұрын

Seems to be a nice place....

@nightowl9782 4 жыл бұрын

I want to go to Saint Helena to give respect to Great Napoleon ....I am from India...How i can go there ?? plz give information.

@RealRetrimark 4 жыл бұрын

You could maybe go to the nearest country and then catch a ferry or a boat or something to the island

@Patriot2452 3 жыл бұрын

Napoleons body was brought to france in 1840, hes not buried at saint helena anymore

@williamfulgham2010 3 жыл бұрын

@@RealRetrimark Covid 19 has put everything on hold and flights are very limited. Prior to the pandemic, there have been weekly flights from South Africa.

@RealRetrimark 3 жыл бұрын

@@williamfulgham2010 that was one month before lockdown started

@williamfulgham2010 3 жыл бұрын

@@RealRetrimark Yes, and during this past year the Mantis hotel has been closed with staff no longer there. The Mantis is owned by an International group of hotel owners. If someone got there by boat, I think they would still have to be quarantined for 2 weeks. Do you know any more about that?

@yuri_1989 2 жыл бұрын

He's not buried there he's back in France

@vinayakkamble5824 5 жыл бұрын

*VIVE LA EMPEREUR* *SIRE PLZ TAKE BIRTH AGAIN ! NOT IN FRANCE BUT MY COUNTRY AND MAKE IT GREAT*

@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 2 жыл бұрын

I mean...there's a reason they sent him there.

@PiotrS123 6 жыл бұрын

I'm learning english with france24. It's a pity there is no subtitles, i don't understand some words.

@I_am_a_cat_ 4 жыл бұрын

Proud of you. How'd it go?

@tuckerxucker1266 3 жыл бұрын

Good video. Other than the idiotic statement that Napoleon is buried there still..

@martinMD 3 жыл бұрын

The only leader that a time in history was named after. A brilliant leader of a fabulous nation 🖐️

@tymgamerz 3 жыл бұрын

Victoria too

@xvdd1 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, Tudor, Elizebethan, Stuart, Jacobean, Hanovarian.

@teller1290 2 жыл бұрын

The others were part of a many centuries - long empire. Napoleonic France only existed because of Napoleon's greatness.

@historex54tamiya 5 жыл бұрын

Napoleon is now in Paris

@Nofacegardener 3 жыл бұрын

That's what you think, in the end he wasn't dug up.. Britain wouldn't let the French so they went back home and lied to the people

@deanodog3667 3 жыл бұрын

@@Nofacegardener prove it !

@21stCenturyDub 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to visit

@douglascook4374 5 жыл бұрын

I never went to business school, but you mean to tell me that 300 million was spent on an airport that is barely usable ?? Someone wasn't smart enough to figure this out before the airport was built ??? But what do I know ??

@williamfulgham2010 4 жыл бұрын

This video is over a year old. There is now at least one commercial flight weekly and during the peak of tourist seasons, there are two flights. They both come out of South African Air Lines base in Johannesburg. The flights go to Namibia Airport for refueling and there is one flight per month going from st. Helena to Ascension.

@williamfulgham2010 4 жыл бұрын

And since this video was made, there is another hotel, the Mantis which is brand new and is built into an area previously occupied by an historic structure. In addition to the Consulate Hotel, there is also the Wellington House Hotel just down the street. There are also several high quality bed and breakfasts in different parts of the island that are superb in quality.

@markmitchell450 3 жыл бұрын

@@williamfulgham2010 I've watched enough to agree with you Isn't the problem wind sheer and there was talk of blasting off the tops of the 2 peaks that exaggerate the problem

@williamfulgham2010 3 жыл бұрын

@@markmitchell450 Yes the way I understand it, it was surveyed from an airflow standpoint and it was finally determined it would not be worth the extreme cost to remove those 2 obstructions. Compared to some airports in other parts of the world, the Saint Helena strip is very navigable. It compares very favorably to the airstrip at Aspen, Colorado, US where the same size aircraft make the trips safely.

@canzukcommonwealth7309 5 жыл бұрын

I want to move here! Little England in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

@williamfulgham2010 5 жыл бұрын

You mean Atlantic Ocean about 15 degrees South.

@williamfulgham2010 5 жыл бұрын

You must have meant Atlantic Ocean, about 15 degrees South latitude.

@randallkoch6183 3 жыл бұрын

It looks awesome, just keep out chains like McDonald's Marriot, Radison And others. They will ruin the charm and beauty of the place; guaranteed.

@canzukcommonwealth7309 3 жыл бұрын

William Fulgham nice on I didn’t realise I had put that!

@markmitchell450 3 жыл бұрын

@@williamfulgham2010 I'd love to live there too

@fainatselnik267 Жыл бұрын

Eloquent program with wonderful people of the island.

@TaleOfTwoIdiots 2 жыл бұрын

Shame about the airport -- I'd visit.

@sexybeast6567 4 жыл бұрын

His remains were removed and repatriated to France in like 1840...

@Nofacegardener 3 жыл бұрын

That's what they want you to think

@mrboo3049 3 жыл бұрын

NAPOLEON was poisoned. a cowardly act by his british enemies and some He tought that they are his ally there😢

@mrboo3049 3 жыл бұрын

NAPOLEON was poisoned. a cowardly act by his british enemies and some He tought that they are his ally there😢. for 1815-1820 5 yrs of slow and Agonizing weakness by poisoning the Emperor of Arsenic. until his health began to weak until he succumb to it.. that is why 19 yrs after his death. NAPOLEON'S BODY was still very much preserved like it was not rotting. because when ARSENIC POISON can kill a man slowly. ARSENIC can still preserved TISSUES..

@williamfulgham2010 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrboo3049 The arsenic poisoning theory has been backed up in recent years with advanced forensic hair analysis's taken from samples in France at his final resting place. Of course as historians get things wrong, history has him recorded as dying of stomach cancer.

@bobbycecere6760 5 жыл бұрын

They said previous Tombe

@ragnor56 2 жыл бұрын

Empty Burial site ??

@sethzimmerman7601 2 жыл бұрын

He's on France he was locked

@jonSnow-cs2dm 4 жыл бұрын

dome the island or the airport

@anthonyeaster362 2 жыл бұрын

🤝📈

@christinestill5002 4 жыл бұрын

Lousy landing - pilot wasted 1/3 of the runway!

@williamfulgham2010 4 жыл бұрын

I agree, he should have at least done a go-around, I think he was over cautious about the crosswind. You know that it's a crosswind causing the wind shear, so they say.

@canzukcommonwealth7309 5 жыл бұрын

We need to blow the tops of the other two hills!

@markmitchell450 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently that may work to reduce the wind sheer problems

@sciuresci1403 2 жыл бұрын

300 million euros for an airport on a small island with 4000 inhabitants to boost the local economy. Really ? This is why every single person should avoid paying taxes whenever they can. I bet half of that money wasn't even spent on the airport.

@sgillespie964 9 ай бұрын

Napoleon is buried in Paris. You’d think France24 would know this 😂

@goelnuma6527 8 ай бұрын

He was buried in Saint Helena in 1840, but was removed to Paris in 1860

@easternyankee2096 4 жыл бұрын

More Descendants of indentured labors/slaves . Thanks to the Far East India Corp .

@illoyd 5 жыл бұрын

🇬🇧

@I_am_a_cat_ 4 жыл бұрын

🇺🇸🇬🇧

@steelydan3263 4 жыл бұрын

🇬🇧🇺🇲🇲🇫

@lukealadeen7836 Жыл бұрын

Some of them sound South African others sound Australian what's going on here?

@michealstarbuck 2 жыл бұрын

just get cruise ships to stop there.

@kcheznyc Жыл бұрын

They should've burried him on Guilligan's Island

@jessej.3959 3 жыл бұрын

just wondering if this island has only adults,

@vikramkamathi9132 4 жыл бұрын

Naepolean is from Nepal

@Ajay-fl7bl 3 жыл бұрын

Never seen france 24 so sad.😄😄😄

@chasey2327 4 жыл бұрын

300 million euros?? is it gold plated???

@williamfulgham2010 3 жыл бұрын

The South African construction company Basil Read spent years blasting tons of mountain rock to create a landfill base material for the air strip. An entirely new roadbed and road had to be constructed from the other side of the island where materials and equipment could be offloaded from ships. The construction figure also included a high quality industrial dock that was built in a valley called Ruperts, which is parallel to Jamestown. The entire engineering and construction project resulted in internatonal awards being issued to Basil Read. Unfortunately the company eventually had to file for bankruptcy because of the tremendous cost involved over a long period of time.

@lukealadeen7836 Жыл бұрын

@@williamfulgham2010 wow as a South African that's really interesting

@BloodOfYeshuaMessiah 4 жыл бұрын

*A man that was directly responsible for the deaths of 3 million people and hundreds of thousands of civilians......treated like a hero....unbelievable!*

@gringologie9302 3 жыл бұрын

Coalition didnt wait Napoléon to attack France. Revise your History

@viemarirunoa 2 жыл бұрын

Cool

@oldskool731 3 жыл бұрын

looks well boring id go nuts if i lived there

@jakev4191 3 жыл бұрын

I heard they have some great marijuana Napoleon strain indica.

@oldskool731 3 жыл бұрын

@@jakev4191 any mushrooms

@3John-Bishop 2 жыл бұрын

Napoleon died of boredom

@nipdrip34 Жыл бұрын

Can we send Macron there?

@paulperfect6389 2 жыл бұрын

The st helena i helped build this ship .

@MoneBodyno 2 жыл бұрын

English are struggling to get fuel in London, how do you want them to deal with overseas territories ? Ahahah Long live the Brexit

@mharris9655 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I'm glad I have a Tesla.

@alljunk4824 2 жыл бұрын

Napoleon lays in an unmarked grave? Are you people demented? This grave site was Chose by Napoleon himself. Napoleon casket a few tons of it was later removed and carried by I believe 40 man and sailed back to Paris. France owns the property and has been maintaining it to the highest standards. Napoleon lays in an unmarked grave? You discredited your broadcast 1:55 sec after it started, 4 years ago. That Has to be some kind of "how stupid to I think my audience is" award. Shameful really. Napoleon was in exile he was not a prisoner. Gee that program is so bias it is borderline ridiculous.

@patfleming3835 2 жыл бұрын

Napoleon was taken there by the British and wasn’t allowed leave. That equals Imprisonment in my book, even an open prison is still a prison

@alljunk4824 2 жыл бұрын

@@patfleming3835 glad to read you have your own book of laws! Cheers, mate. a

@patfleming3835 2 жыл бұрын

@@alljunk4824 as far as laws are concerned ‘Code Napoleon’ is still the basis of many of the legal systems in many European countries. History is history, Doesn’t excuse but helps to understand the causes and the reasons why things happen. After that, you make your own mind up.

@patfleming3835 2 жыл бұрын

@@alljunk4824 sorry thought were replying to a different comment. As regards the exile and / or imprisonment of Napoleon, I’m retired police. When I was working and prevented a persons free movement then I could be prosecuted for false imprisonment. My country’s laws are based on the British system. Just to be clear, I’m not saying he was falsely imprisoned as I’m sure the British made laws to back up what they did but as he wasn’t free to leave St. Helena then it was imprisonment. Yes he was in exile but wasn’t free to choose where he was exiled. By the way one of Napoleon’s doctors was from Cobh and is buried in my local graveyard.

@alljunk4824 2 жыл бұрын

@@patfleming3835 "One of Napoleon’s doctors was from Cobh and is buried in my local graveyard." Wow that is quite something. Ok, well I think we disagree on the difference between exile and imprisonment. Exile as I know it is to be banished from your country. Imprisonment is to be physically confined usually in a jail. Now you make a very valid point. The British likely played on words here, Napoléon clearly could not leave the island but at the same time I think the British understood that if they were to call his exile as putting Napoléon in jail there would have been a serious uproars in France. Cheers.