Portland Stone for St Paul’s

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2254A
Date Released
17 Aug 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Portland Stone for St Paul’s. DESCRIPTION: Christopher Wren was the name of one of the dockers who unloaded the Thames Sailing Barge. The cargo of Portland stone is for the restoration of St Paul’s. The dockers’ wages went towards the £3 million fund. SHOTLIST: GV pan up front of St Paul’s. AS crumbling stone post. GV roof and dome. CU pan down & pull back cracks in crumbling wall. SV crumbling walls. CU pan as hand runs nail along wall & bits flake out. GV barge in Thames with cargo of Portland stone. CU name May on barge. SV stone block being unloaded. SV cogs on crane turning. SV dockers lowering stone. SV members of Court of Worshipful Company of Masons watching. SV another block being lowered onto wharf, stone marked by Christopher Wren. LV masons standing watching. CU block of stone marked by Wren, pan up to docker named Christopher Wren sitting on it. SV press photographers. SV docker Wren hands Dean of St Paul’s, Reverend Martin Sullivan cheque for £40.00 collected by dockers for St Paul’s appeal fund. SV pan wagon and horses taking stone to St Paul’s, Dean sitting on stone waving, pan up to Dome of St Paul’s.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Ships and boats
Locations
London
Card file number
98384
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
108
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Portland Stone for St Paul’s', British Movietone News Issue No. 2254A, 17 Aug 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29524 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)