Steeple Jacks Aka Nerves Of Steel (1922)

Grimethorpe, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire.



Full title reads: "NERVES OF STEEL - are wanted by Steeplejacks when 'banding a 170 ft chimney not forgetting the cameraman."



L/S of men climbing up ladder on large chimney. L/S's of steeplejacks hanging from the chimney supported by a rope. M/S of more men climbing up ladder with camera equipment. L/S of the men reaching wooden platform someway up. L/S of cameraman on platform cranking the camera. L/S's of men working on chimney while thick black smoke billows over them from nearby chimneys.
FILM ID:286.16

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