Model Cathedrals (1965)

Measham, Leicestershire. Bill Talbot, a retired miner, makes models of churches and cathedrals out of concrete. We see Bill at work on a model in the garden of his council house. Lincoln Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral and Coventry Cathedral are amongst his creations. A young boy admires the cathedrals through a window. Narrator observes that: “they say there is something of the sculptor in every miner that hacks away at the coal face“ and indeed Bill’s models are pretty good examples of “three dimensional loveliness“. Cuts exist - see other record. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), Britis