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  1. Portland Stone

    Date released
    11 Jul 1955
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    028
    NoS ID
    120054
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS Summary - Shows the quarrying of Portland stone from the Isle of Portland off the Dorset coast.

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  2. Stone Masonry and the Making of a Monument: Processing and Working with Portland Stone (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Marriott
    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 35 min. MASTER: Hi-band SP., 1994 sale: £35.00 +VAT

    The Portland stone quarries on Portland Bill in Dorset have been one of the major sources of building and carving material for centuries, contributing to the character of many cities and towns in Britain....

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  3. The Island of Stone - Portland

    Date released
    6 Sep 1934
    Series name
    Pathe Sound Pictorial
    Issue no
    857
    NoS ID
    114846
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    From the quarries of this famous Island stone is exported to all the corners of the world.

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  4. Portland Stone for St Paul’s

    Date released
    17 Aug 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2254A
    NoS ID
    029524
    Story no
    2 / 4

    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...

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  5. Blacksmiths, Quarrymen and Sculptors (1993 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Preview, Videocassette. VHS. col. 202 min.

    Ilustrates the working lifestyle of the last blacksmith on Portland. Includes an interview where he discusses his lifestyle. The recording then goes on to look at the event of ‘winning the stone’, where...

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  6. (Untitled record)

    Series name
    Fordson Newsreel
    Issue no
    34
    NoS ID
    349853
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: Portland stone

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  7. The Last of 150 Year Old Bridge

    Date released
    29 Nov 1928
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1559
    NoS ID
    087261
    Story no
    3 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Constructed of giant blocks of Portland stone and solid enough to stand for centuries, but too narrow for today’s traffic, so it had to go, and this is how it went. (And in slow motion).

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  8. News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell: Waterloo Bridge Progress

    Date released
    20 Oct 1938
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    489A
    NoS ID
    009329
    Story no
    4 / 13

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Waterloo Bridge Under Construction. SHOTLIST: General views of work in progress on the new Waterloo Bridge over the Thames. About this date a symposium on the construction of the bridge...

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  9. Art by the Ton

    Date released
    7 Jul 1932
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    579
    NoS ID
    333016

    NoS Summary - Mr W Reid Dick at work and the result of his labours. British Pathe synopsis: "Meet Mr W Reid Dick, the famous Sculptor of the Kitchener Memorial, (St. Paul’s) and the Lion on the Menin Gate,...

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  10. Midlands’ Royal Tour

    Date released
    4 Jul 1949
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1048
    NoS ID
    015821

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour of the Midlands. DESCRIPTION: Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh visit Macclesfield, Buxton, Derby, Nottingham and Mansfield. SHOTLIST: KS. Arrival of Royal car. 14...

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