MONKS REBUILDING MONTE CASSINO Cassino Monks set to work to rebuild their Monastery.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	7863
	Catalog #:	24319
	Clip Number:	24319-1
	Orginal Film:	UN 1534 B
	Timecode:	01:08:20 - 01:14:20
	Location:	Monte Cassino, Italy
	Year Shot:	1944 (Estimated Year)
	Audio:	No
	Color:	No
	Headings:	BUILDINGS: Religious, Misc CONSTRUCTION: Restoration & Repair LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Italy RELIGION: Christianity, Roman Catholic RELIGION: Monks WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: War Damage
	Description:	MONKS REBUILDING MONTE CASSINO Cassino Monks of the Benedictine Order set to work to rebuild their Monastery. Nice footage. LS monastery up on a hill, mortar explosions are seen happening in front of the building. GV monastery on a hill without warfare. GV monastery on a hill with mortar explosions. LSs monastery on the hill without warfare. GV courtyard pre-warfare with great outdoor staircase, pillars and archways. GV grand courtyard pre-warfare with sculptures. MS pan down sculpture. CU inscription on sculpture reading 'Benedictus Qui Venit In Nomine Domini', a lotus flower symbol is underneath the inscription. MS statue of cloaked figure with a bird resting on the book the figure is reading. GV courtyard pre-warfare with stairs, pillars, arches and sculpture. LS monastery on top of hill. LS monastery on top of hill with mortar explosions going off. GV monastery courtyard hit hard by warfare, rubble is everywhere, monks walk through the rubble. MS broken bell on the ground. LS monastery courtyard with stone rubble everywhere, monks work to clear and rebuild. GV monks shoveling rubble away from building entrances. MS two monks moving a good size boulder. GV monks chipping away at rubble with pick axes and shovels. GV monk using pick axe to break rubble, shot is nicely framed by door frame. MSs monk breaking rubble with pickaxe. GV monastery in ruin, sculptures are destroyed and rubble is piled everywhere. GVs courtyard in ruin with monks and laborers busy with clearing and restoration. MS men pushing cart filled with rubble. GV rubble. GVs monks shifting through rubble. GV restoration and cleanup, the shot is great when a monk with pickaxe is pushed toward camera in a cart. GVs monks in rubble gathering important documents from what used to be the library, shot is framed by arched doorway. MSs monks salvaging documents from library. CU monk's hands flipping through book and other documents. MS as man crawls out from underground structure with a camera. GV monks using pickaxes to break rubble. GV rubble. GV laborers pushing rubble cart up hill. GV laborers in front of sculpture. GV war damage. MS monks sifting though documents in what used to be a library. CU monk's hands sorting salvageable papers.

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