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In the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, a bolas is featured as a weapon made by the Q Branch. In the How To Train Your Dragon film franchise, bolas are semi-frequently used as a dragon hunting weapon, to bind the wings and prevent flight. In Escape from L.A., bolas are used to knock Snake Plissken off the top of a vehicle during the “parade”.
The first live commentary on a field sport anywhere in Europe was when Paddy Mehigan covered the All-Ireland Hurling Semi-Final between Kilkenny and Galway on 29 August 1926. This game is credited with being the first mainly because the BBC was prevented from broadcasting sporting events before 7.00pm as a means of protecting British newspaper ...
For example, during the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and the Beijing Olympics in 2008, daytime events were occurring at early morning hours in the Americas, Africa, and Europe but were aired in the afternoon and evening hours live entirely in Asia, Australia, and Oceania. That made some broadcasters show high-profile events twice (live and then ...
The hostage escaped unharmed, but Hutchinson's death was filmed live by the news cameraman. [19] February 5, 1989 – Sky News is launched as Europe's first 24-hour news channel. [20] November 9, 1989 – Live coverage of the abolition of travel restrictions and the opening of the border to West Berlin after mass panic and jubilation from East ...
Hyatt's celluloid ball patent (1871). Early balls were made of various materials, including wood and clay (the latter remaining in use well into the 20th century). Although affordable ox-bone balls were in common use in Europe, elephant ivory was favored since at least 1627 until the early 20th century; [1]: 17 the earliest known written reference to ivory billiard balls is in the 1588 ...
On April 9, 2003 Today aired live until noon EST when U.S. troops entered Baghdad. Lester Holt filled in for Lauer, hosting alongside Katie Couric. Today coverage was restarted as an NBC News Special Report at 9:12 am EST and Tom Brokaw joined Couric in Studio 1A until taking over the coverage from NBC News headquarters in 30 Rockefeller Plaza ...
Several League Cup ties and the First Division match between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday were screened live on Pay-TV, available only in Westminster and Sheffield, in the 1966-67 season. Television coverage was threatened in 1983 by a bid from Telejector, to screen live League football exclusively in pubs, bars and clubs.
The question of the origins of baseball has been the subject of debate and controversy for more than a century. Baseball and the other modern bat, ball, and running games – stoolball, cricket and rounders – were developed from folk games in early Britain, Ireland, and Continental Europe (such as France and Germany).