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: 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-19