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  1. Tight Rope Walker

    Date released
    16 Aug 1971
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2202
    NoS ID
    028975
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tight Rope Walker. DESCRIPTION: Spider man Franz Josef Burbach makes an ill fated attempt to walk across the Thames on a tight rope. SHOTLIST: GV man on rope then falls and sits on...

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  2. Ropemakers of Chatham, The (1982 Video)

    Director
    Philip Sugg
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale Special loan only, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 15 min.

    A technical and historical account of the process of making a rope at H M Dockyard, Chatham, told by the foreman of the Ropery.

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  3. Doubling for Romeo (1921 Film)

    Director
    Clarence Badger
    Producer
    Samuel Goldwyn

    Feature film. A burlesque. Sam Cody is a clumsy cowboy who, because he is a diffident lover, loses his girlfriend, Lulu, to another man. Sam goes to a film studio to learn how to make love as they do in the...

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  4. Hostage shot in hand as 30-hour Newport siege ends (1991)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    John Gripton reports on an armed siege in Newport, Gwent, where businessman Donald Stewart was held captive in his car at gunpoint for over 26 hours with a rope around his neck. He was shot in the hand...

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  5. Media Screen Roundup - February 2014

    Date
    13 Mar 2014, 17:22
    Author
    Linda
    Post Type
    Post

    The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. This month’s Roundup opens with 100...

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  6. Rope Tricks

    Date released
    16 May 1932
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    193
    NoS ID
    138787
    Story no
    8 / 8
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    Naval men rope-climbing in preparation for their performance at the Royal Tournament.

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  7. Thames Tight-Rope Walk

    Date released
    28 Aug 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2256
    NoS ID
    029540
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Thames Tight-Rope Walk. DESCRIPTION: After a dip in the Thames last year, Franz Burbach takes another shot at tight-rope walking across London’s river - much to the disappointment of...

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  8. Burning Rope Escapologist

    Date released
    26 Oct 1959
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    252
    NoS ID
    120800
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Securely strapped in a strait-jacket, suspended upside down on a rope 30 ft above concrete, with the petrol-soaked rope burning merrily! A nightmare to most of us, but all in the day’s work...

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  9. Magic: Compered by Maurice Braddell

    Date released
    6 Sep 1937
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    431
    NoS ID
    007971
    Story no
    9 / 11

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Famous Indian Rope Trick Is Revealed at Maidstone. DESCRIPTION: Famous Indian rope trick is revealed at Maidstone. SHOTLIST: Shot of Indian girl dancing. Shot of small boy appearing...

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  10. Supplying the Eddystone Lighthouse

    Date released
    30 Dec 1974
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2378
    NoS ID
    030606
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Supplying the Eddystone Lighthouse - Colour. DESCRIPTION: For the Relief Crew of the Eddystone Lighthouse it will be a lonely Christmas, in the gales of the English Channel. For these...

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