Splutter! How many pieces?

That video seems to be a trailer for a film. The time bar seems to suggest that it is only two seconds long but it is obviously more than that. I can't seem to scroll through it on my system to find out if anything comes later. Guardian got things screwed up again?

Also on the Telegraph, and their video works

That's the ad paying for the website. The article comes later (30 secs or so).

I see the duration given as 1m 17secs and that's what it runs for me.

But it's not really the disaster they're saying it is, surely? It's pretty clear that the pieces are fixed to some sort of backing sheet - and indeed how else could they have hoped to move it to Sandringham? - and that a relatively small number have become detached in the fall.

It's an impressive feat, all the more so for being so essentially pointless.

If they really think I am going to wait for 30 secs or so just to watch one of their videos they have another thought coming.

I did not see any ads, which suggests that AdBlock had them away...

I'm running AdBlock. I got the impression from what Clive wrote that the video was the Ad. With the bit you wanted to watch tacked on the end.

I saw a zooming title "guardian" for three or four secinds (I guess) - then straight into the story. I would never knowingly post a link that required you to sit through half a minute or more, at least not without informing you.

Apologies!

Odd. So they are serving different videos to different visitors. I wonder what decides who gets what? Do they show an add for your first video then none for the rest of the other way around so as not to piss you off at the start. Maybe needs some experimenting with cookies.

Andrew