Length: {6:05 minutes}

Bill Still’s documentary highlights the Rothschild family’s strategic and financial acumen during and after the Battle of Waterloo.

Following Napoleon’s escape from exile and subsequent defeat at Waterloo in 1815, Nathan Rothschild capitalized on his advance knowledge of the battle’s outcome. Rothschild had a network that provided him with the news before the British government, allowing him to manipulate the British stock market. By initially selling off his holdings and causing a market panic, he then bought up devalued bonds at a fraction of their worth, significantly increasing his wealth and influence.

This episode exemplifies how the Rothschilds used their intelligence network and financial strategies to gain control over the British bond market and potentially the Bank of England.

By the mid-1800s, the Rothschild family had become the wealthiest family in the world, dominating government bond markets and various industrial sectors. Despite their immense wealth, the family maintained a low profile, with most of their enterprises not bearing the Rothschild name.

The documentary suggests that their financial power has likely continued to grow, even as they have cultivated an image of reduced influence.

• INDEX (with correct start and stop times opening in a new window):
• 1. Intro {10:38 minutes}
• 2. The Money Changers {1:14 minutes}
• 3. Roman Empire {1:35 minutes}
• 4. The Goldsmiths {4:40 minutes}
• 5. Talley Sticks {4:55 minutes}
• 6. The Bank of England {4:20 minutes}
• 7. The Rise of the Rothschilds {5:35 minutes}
• 8. The American Revolution {6:30 minutes}
• 9. The Bank of North America {2:35 minutes}
• 10. The Constitutional Convention {2:51 minutes}
• 11. First Bank of the United States {4:20 minutes}
• 12. Napoleon’s Rise To Power {2:41 minutes}
• 13. Death of the First Bank {2:10 minutes}
• >>14. Waterloo {6:05 minutes}<<
• 15. Second Bank of the U.S. {1:20 minutes}
• 16. Andrew Jackson {9:52 minutes}
• 17. Abe Lincoln {16:23 minutes}
• 18. The Return of the Gold Standard {10:41 minutes}
• 19. Free Silver {5:10 minutes}
• 20. J.P. Morgan and the Crash of 1907 {4:55 minutes}
• 21. Jekyll Island {11:45 minutes}
• 22. Fed Act of 1913 {11:37 minutes}
• 23. World War I {7:21 minutes}
• 24. Great Depression {13:58 minutes}
• 25. FDR/WWII {13:00 minutes}
• 26. IMF/World Bank {11:51 minutes}
• 27. Conclusions {27:52 minutes}