Cathedral Climber

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2272
Date Released
18 Dec 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cathedral Climber. DESCRIPTION: Lightning conductor installer Henri Septier demonstrates on the steeple of a church at Plendihen in Brittany. SHOTLIST: SV Mr Henri Septier changing light bulbs on chandelier standing on step ladder. SCU his daughter holding step ladder. LAS Septier on step ladder. CU lightning conductor being adjusted. AS Septier ditto. GV Plendihen Church. SV Septier entering church equipped with ropes. GV church steeple. SV Septier on rope against wall of church throwing loose pieces of wall into steeple (shot through steeple window). CU loose rubble landing on floor. LV steeple. SV Henri climbing steeple rocking loose projection. GV zoom into steeple. SV Henri climbing steeple. SV interior knotted rope dangling through steeple window. AS Henri nearing top. GV town of Plendihen. SLV Henri on top of steeple about to fix lightning conductor. LV aerial ditto. SLV fixing conductor. GAV ditto. LV aerial as helicopter flies round steeple.
Keywords
Buildings and structures
Locations
Brittany; Plendihen
Footage sources
France
Card file number
98706
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
138
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Cathedral Climber', British Movietone News Issue No. 2272, 18 Dec 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29696 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)