Making Rope In Britain

Series

Series Name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue

Issue No.

14

Date Released

Sep 1965

Length of issue (in feet)

814

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cosmic Ray Balloon
2. 2Radio Astronomy
3. 3Brazilian Art In London
4. 4Making Rope In Britain
5. 5Atlantic College

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

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 customs of the past are still retained, such as the ringing of a bell twice when a complete drum of fibre - three hundred and fifty yards - is ready to be spun. In less than a day, the factory can convert raw sisal into rope capable of lifting a load of over twelve tons.

Researcher Comments

NB: The same story appeared in ‘Parade No. 14’ as ‘Tanzanian Sisal’

Keywords

Industry and manufacture

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1168/14

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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