Alcatraz: can you weld metals using just burning matches?

By 2007-09-01T00:00:00

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On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare

In Escape from Alcatraz, Clint Eastwood plays Frank Morris, a convict in the infamous maximum security island prison off San Francisco. The film is based on the true story of Morris' escape from the prison in which he 'welds' two pieces of metal together using matches. Is this really possible?

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