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Catenaries: Numerical Approximation (1982 Video)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

How far will a rope fixed at two ends hand down? How does this deflection depend on its length relative to the space between the ends? Given a length of rope l it is possible to get a value for deflection d...

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Given Enough Rope (1990 Video)

Producer

Philip Ashby; Pam Taylor

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

All ropes require certain basic properties such as suitable tensile strength and resistance to wear and corrosion, whatever their final application to enable them to perform predictably in a particular...

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Touching the Void (2004)

Subject

Psychology; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 101 minutes), £19.99

The documentary reconstructing the story of British mountain climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates as they climb to the summit of the hitherto unclimbed Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. On the descent,...

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Toulouse - Tight-Rope Wedding

Date released

27 May 1954

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

54/40

NoS ID

105836

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

8,000 watch as two tight-rope walkers are married by a priest on a fire escape

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Six Months on a Tight Rope

Date released

8 Oct 1973

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2314

NoS ID

030081

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Six Months on a Tight Rope. DESCRIPTION: French tightrope walker completes six months balanced on a tightrope. A 2500 hours record. SHOTLIST: GV 6 months ago - Henry along tightrope. SV...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Modern Blondin

Date released

4 Nov 1948

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1013A

NoS ID

015405

Story no

1 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Modern Blondin - Tightrope Walking. DESCRIPTION: Harry Draves gives a remarkable performance on the high wire over a valley near the Zugspitze mountain. SHOTLIST: KS Harry Draves walks...

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Pensioner on a Tightrope

Date released

18 Nov 1974

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2372

NoS ID

030551

Story no

1 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: 69 Year Old Tight Rope Walker - Colour. DESCRIPTION: Winds up to 30 mph, blow across Clapham Common, as World Famous, Karl Wallenda walks the high wire. 69 years old Wallenda made the...

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Making Rope In Britain

Date released

Sep 1965

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

14

NoS ID

324654

Story no

4 / 5

COI synopsis: ‘Carrousel Britanico’ visits an English factory where raw sisal has been converted into rope for more than sixty years. Today machines are speeding up the traditional skills, but some...

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Rope Artists

Date released

5 May 1930

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

006

NoS ID

122113

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

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Rope Making

Date released

22 Nov 1948

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

219

NoS ID

118506

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

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