HOW TO TIE KNOTS U.S. NAVY WWII INSTRUCTIONAL MOVIE "USEFUL KNOTS" SLIP KNOT 85044

Made during WWII for the U.S. Navy by the Jam Handy Organization, "Useful Knots" shows how to tie all sorts of knots. The film illustrates basic rope and knot terminology including defining the bight (1:25), standing piece (1:36) and the fall piece (1:47). Various knots shown including the slip knot (2:23), square or reef knot (2:57), sheet bend (5:51), two half hitches (8:00), clove hitch (11:29), rolling hitch (12:41), bending to a cleat is demonstrated at (16:31). At (21:30) the bowline knot is shown.
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[@MrHmg55]

The knowledge our Navy men gained from this film was vital in defeating the Knotzis!

[@cameronduff884]

That's a good one....believe it or knot.

[@craigmiller45]

lmao --ur knot to be undone !!

[@BCD1964]

No puns!knot on my watch..😏

[@raybin6873]

I'm knot so sure of that...

[@paulrevere47]

Great video...I was in the Sea Scouts/Explorers in the early to mid sixties, Ship 21, SLO, Ca...yearly regattas at Treasure Islande in SF, had to learn each of these totally useful throughout my life, knots...fun stuff!

[@lwilton]

I think this is the first 'how to tie a knot' video I've seen where the instructors didn't basically spend all their time smirking at their superior knowledge over the sub-human dweebs they were supposed to teach that didn't know how to tie 150 different knots in their sleep. You can actually learn from this one.

[@bstevermer9293]

l wilton Agree

[@muhammadabdul9746]

I, Abdul. Agree

[@greg55666]

That's a really interesting comment. All military instruction is like this, because they have a fatherly attitude toward the men. They know they have to teach them stuff and that they don't know anything. Looking down on the men would be pointless; the goal is to teach them to do it.

[@cameronduff884]

After learning to tie these knots by reading books, including a US Army field manual, I thought this was excellent, they didn't go too fast, also a good refresher course.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Thanks, Periscope! I had an old picking buddy that's go on to glory that was in the Navy and could take two ropes and flop them around and tie the nicest knots you ever saw. I never did get how he did it but that was just fine with me. Thanks again!

[@lilblackduc7312]

Great instructional video! Thank you...

[@PeriscopeFilm]

You are welcome!

[@ThomasSteffien]

essential for every sailor - also today

[@oldschoolcfi3833]

Still teach student pilots the midshipman's hitch to tie-down light aircraft. Even frozen ropes can be untied.

[@arkansas_native86]

they dont make ropes like they used to, this video was very informative and educational.

[@magnumpi5429]

Rolling hitch looks good.

[@nitrometh42]

excellent techniques demonstrated. a definite must watch

[@brendaproffitt4807]

Very cool lot's of different types of knots great video thank so much

[@luisitocatalbas3804]

Excellent video and instructor.thank you so much.

[@ManInTheBigHat]

I love this video.

[@ResponsibleCitizen64]

at 12:41 the "rolling hitch" is the knot used for Aircraft tie-down ropes at airports. But we were not told to make the final half-hitch at the end, I might start doing that for extra security in the knot.

[@debtoralive4693]

I previously knew only very few of these knots and a knot we call the "truckers knot". It involves a half hitch and a sort of slip knot and basically makes your line very tight so your load won't shift or tarps won't fly away. But as a grade schooler I was fascinated by horror movies and therefore the noose. Knowing only a few basic knots, I literally taught myself how to tie a mean noose, and I still recall how today. It isn't that hard really. I was told by a knowledgeable friend years ago that a noose with 13 wraps was illegal and considered some sort of weapon. Does anyone know if that is true because I tied one and it is currently hanging on my porch for Halloween.

[@rwbishop]

Many of these older knot training films & books should viewed with caution... many (but but all) knots that served well throughout antiquity just aren't reliable tied in modern synthetic line. This film also gives some bad advise concerning the 'square' knot (now often referred to as a 'reef' knot). For tying two lines together (such knots are known a 'bend'), it is, and always has been dangerous... please don't believe me, research it it on your own.

[@DmdShiva]

And some of them are sloppy, too. The hitch to the cleat is secure as portrayed because of the second hitch around the tongue, but the first hitch should be turned the other way so that the line crosses the cleat like the crossing turns, instead of being led down one side of the cleat. I remember one of my classmates in a sailing course at the San Diego Naval Sailing Club getting marked down for that mistake.

[@thomash4578]

I am really surprised at the errors in thus film.

[@DavidLDFL]

Yeah the cleat hitch is bad too. But the reef knot works quite well when it's of the same diameter. It's really when two different diameters are used that it becomes an issue. That being said I'd never use a reef knot for extreme loads or when my life was literally on the line.

[@74KU]

​@@thomash4578 Surprised that humanity has collectively improved in ~80 years?

[@JaydubyaX]

The cleat hitch is locked off wrong and you should never put your hand inside a loop, that's how you lose a hand or fingers!

[@andrewrife6253]

I'm guessing I'll have to watch a marine or army knot video to find the know used in dealing with the enemy

[@lycossurfer8851]

Once everyone gets untied from their knots you'll more "thumbs up"

[@thomash4578]

A bight is not a loop. They are two different things

[@JohnDoe-vv3id]

go back in time and let em know

[@outdoorman7425]

at 01;30 in the film, the narrator erroneously called the knot a bight when it is really a loop.

[@terryadams2652]

What year is this video?

[@Daledavispratt]

Now get out there and tie some knots!

[@maineoutdoorsman677]

Man they make this so much harder then nessary,typical government making shit harder then normal

[@raymondsanchez808]

"Lines of different color are used ": film's still in black & white

[@CreatingAlong]

I mean, pretty much true. Black and white are colors, and one was black while the other was white. But I see what you are saying.

[@TheLieutenantKnows]

I’m not sure our narrator sounds bored enough. Is there a second cut of this film where he straight falls asleep halfway through?

[@stick9648]

Let out of the brig to call it .

[@kilerkg]

Surprised they called a loop a bight 🫣