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A gib or gib-arm is the horizontal or near-horizontal beam used in many types of crane to support the load clear of the main support.
Usually gib-arms are attached to a vertical mast or tower or sometimes to an inclined boom. In other jib-less designs such as derricks, the load is hung directly from a boom which is often anomalously called a jib.
The diminutive form gibbet (meaning short forked beam) may be misused to describe an entire gallows structure employed in gibbeting or hanging
Gib attended UC Davis where he got interested in film. He worked as an intern at KCRA-TV, the local NBC affiliate in Sacramento, California and started to learn the craft of filmmaking from the ground up. He returned to LA to pursue film editing work and met Carol Littleton. When Carol formed her own editorial company, Galloping Tintypes to edit feature films, Gib joined her as her assistant. He decided then that editing was his passion. Gib produced and edited, "Wings of the Wind" a 28 minute documentary on hang gliding that was nominated for 4 Emmy Awards. He distributed the film to schools and TV. The money "Wings" generated he used to buy KEM editing machines and to form Flatrents, an editorial rental equipment company with Carol. While working solo in the edit room late one night, G...
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