Monastery

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

438

Date Released

19 May 1963

Date recorded

17 Apr 1963

Length of issue (in feet)

723

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Girl Rugby Teacher
2. 2Monastery
3. 3Candle Making

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: So we leave her to visit a Benedictine monastery, established at Farnborough where the French Emperor Napoleon III was buried. These withdrawn scholars who divide their time between prayers, philosophy and farm-work, keep watch over the royal Mausoleum - a holy fragment of France on English soil.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Religion and belief

Locations

England; Farnborough; Hampshire

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Tim Brinton

Length of story (in feet)

276

Story extras:

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