Rope Making (1948)

Charlton, London. Industrial process of making rope from sisal, the finished rope has a breaking strain of 18 tons. Various shots of big bundles of hairlike substance sisal. Various shots showing different stages of rope production: coils of sisal are spread out to separate and untangle strands, other machines spin and twist the sisal into threads, the threads are wound on bobbins, the threads are then strung out in long room ( ropeground ) and the threads are wound into rope. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), and Gaumont British (19341959), as well as Visnew