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Date released

14 Apr 1930

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

003

NoS ID

122094

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Where the great cathedral rises at Chartres, in France. The voice accompaniment is by the famous Jugoslav Singers of Luenoubiana, Jugoslavia.

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Chartres Cathedral (1968 Film)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Romanesque, early Gothic and late Gothic are three periods of mediaeval architecture represented in the fabric and decoration of Chartres Cathedral. The film explores features from the different periods and...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.89: Programme 89 of a weekly news and sports review (1988)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 89 Programme 89 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 10th July 1988. Presented by Pete Wardman....

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Captive Nazis Become Priests

Date released

26 May 1947

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1694

NoS ID

040553

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

German prisoners of war in France leave for home after being trained for Holy Orders by Father Superior of Chartres Cathedral.

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News Flashes from Everywhere

Date released

2 Sep 1937

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

680

NoS ID

035409

Story no

5 / 9

Extras

1 shot list

Ancient cathedral in danger of collapse.

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Chartres: Heaven on Earth (1998 Video)

Director

Louise R Illig

Producer

Louise R Illig

Subject

Architecture; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

Professor Keith Critchlow of the Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture discusses the history, architecture, art and significance - the ‘sacred architecture’ and ‘sacred geometry’ - of the...

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Victory Through France

Date released

28 Aug 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1408

NoS ID

039273

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

Mad Nazi Colonel surrenders in St Malo. First pictures of the Maquis freeing famous cathedral town of Chartres. Normandy towns behind the lines resume normal life. First Belgian contingent in action.

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Strange Landscape, A (1995 Video)

Director

Derek Towers

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 250 minutes), £780

Five part series investigating the art and philosophy of the Middle Ages. Part 1. The JEWELLED CITY looks at Gothic cathedral at Chartres, where medieval pilgrims believed they could glimpse paradise. Part 2...

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Civilisation (13 Parts) (1969)

Subject

History; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £49.99 (DD) £25.99 (BBC)

Sir Kenneth Clark’s personal view of the development of Western civilisation, concentrating on crucial episodes in France, Germany, England, Italy and America. Against the historical background are the men...

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