To create the illusion of low gravity, director Irving Pitchel attached the actors to piano wire run through a pulley system and controlled by an overhead crane.
Over 20 people were killed and more were feared trapped in the debris, as rescuers used saws, small cranes and their bare hands to search for survivors.
After that, you've got this oversize custom label maker that works using just a Sharpie and a roll of masking tape, or this beautiful sand garden controlled with a polar gantry.
Archimedes' cranes are supposedly quite effective at swinging around, getting this grappling hook at the end of the chain onto a ship, and in some instances, capsizing the ship.
In the summer of 2001, the structure was then dismantled and transported on 35 lorries to Falkirk, before all being bolted back together again on the ground, and finally lifted into position in five large sections by crane.