YEARS AGO, MAKING ROPEWAS A TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS. THEY STRETCHED YARN700 TO 1,000 FEET...
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YEARS AGO, MAKING ROPE
WAS A TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS. THEY STRETCHED YARN
700 TO 1,000 FEET -- SOMETIMES DOWN ALLEYS -- AND SECURED IT ON HOOKS. THEN, THEY TURNED WHEELS
TO ROTATE THE HOOKS, TWISTING THE YARN INTO ROPE. THIS TECHNIQUE WAS CALLED
A ROPE WALK. LUCKILY, TODAY, WE HAVE MACHINES
TO DO ALL THE WORK FOR US
WAS A TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS. THEY STRETCHED YARN
700 TO 1,000 FEET -- SOMETIMES DOWN ALLEYS -- AND SECURED IT ON HOOKS. THEN, THEY TURNED WHEELS
TO ROTATE THE HOOKS, TWISTING THE YARN INTO ROPE. THIS TECHNIQUE WAS CALLED
A ROPE WALK. LUCKILY, TODAY, WE HAVE MACHINES
TO DO ALL THE WORK FOR US
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YEARS AGO, MAKING ROPE
WAS A TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS.
00:00:04.607 --> 00:00:07.076
THEY STRETCHED YARN
700 TO 1,000 FEET --
00:00:07.079 --> 00:00:08.547
SOMETIMES DOWN ALLEYS --
00:00:08.549 --> 00:00:09.816
AND SECURED IT ON HOOKS.
00:00:09.951 --> 00:00:12.354
THEN, THEY TURNED WHEELS
TO ROTATE THE HOOKS,
00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:14.292
TWISTING THE YARN INTO ROPE.
00:00:14.294 --> 00:00:16.563
THIS TECHNIQUE WAS CALLED
A ROPE WALK.
00:00:16.565 --> 00:00:19.936
LUCKILY, TODAY, WE HAVE MACHINES
TO DO ALL THE WORK FOR US.
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Movie Summary
Television series that documents how various everyday products are made.
