| WESTMINSTER ABBEY restoration work being carried out on Westminster Abbey. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7170 |
| Catalog #: | 72100 | |
| Clip Number: | 72100-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 482 | |
| Timecode: | 01:55:41 - 01:58:11 | |
| Location: | London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Religious, Churches CONSTRUCTION: Restoration & Repair LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | WESTMINSTER ABBEY restoration work being carried out on Westminster Abbey. London. High angle shot of Coronation coach arriving at Abbey. LS Duke of Norfolk standing by steps of Westminster Abbey. LS Coronation Coach stopping at Westminster Abbey. MS Camera panning along roof of Westminster Abbey. MS Spire of Westminster Abbey man pulls of a piece of rotting brickwork. MS Man crumbling brickwork in hands. He takes out notebook and commences to write. CU Man's face camera pans down to notebook he is writing in. MS Spire camera pans down showing how badly in need of repair it is. MS Brickwork covered in cracks. Different angle. CU Brickwork badly damaged. CU Brickwork man walks into picture and pulls lump off. CU Particles of wall he has pulled off. Camera pans along stonework up to date 1703. MS Man pulling pieces of brick- work camera pans to another example of badly damaged bricks. High angle shot looking down into courtyard of Abbey. MS Man measuring part of brick roof in background you can see it propped up with lumps of timber. MS Lead roof showing it in need of repair. MS Architects looking at plans man enters picture with notebook. MS Man chiselling at stone. CU Man chiselling at stonework. CU Man's face. MS Man at winch camera pans up to stonework being lifted. CU Stonework being lifted up to roof. MS CU Man inserting new stone into wall of building. MS Man knocking stone in with mallet. MS Spire camera pans up to top of it. MS Camera panning along new stonework. High angle shot taken from rooftop of Abbey. | |
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