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Belfast, East Belfast
1960s
42sec
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black and white
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A look at the process of rope making in an East Belfast factory.
Belfast Ropeworks, established in 1873 under Gustav Wilhelm Wolff - of Harland & Wolff fame - made ropes for the shipyards, and the factory in East Belfast became the world's largest ropeworks (now the site of the Connswater shopping centre).
Shows interior of a rope factory detailing the processes involved in rope making. The music is from a traditional group playing at the Roscommon Fleadh, 1964.
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