WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL -1977

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL: CU HAND OF STONE CARVER SELECTS CHISEL FROM ROW OF CHISELS ON TABLE. CU FACE SHOT OF STONE CARVER, BLACK GOATEE, MOUSTACHE, HORN-RIMMED GLASSES AS HE CHISELS AWAY ON STONE STRUCTURE BEGAN IN 1889. IT WILL NOT BE COMPLETED UNTILL THE 1980s. 00:11:01 MONTAGE PHOTOS OF SCAFFOLDING, ENGINEERS, WORKERS AS THEY BUILD CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL, KNOWN THE WORLD OVER AS THE WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL, IN WASHINGTON DC. MAY BE THE LAST GOTHIC CATHEDRAL TO BE BUILT. 00:11:10 CU MONTAGE CARVED FISH, GARGOYLE-LIKE ANIMAL HEADS, FLORAL DESIGNS, UNIQUE TO MEDIEVAL TIME. GOTHIC CATHEDRAL CEILINGS, EXQUISITELY CARVED ALTAR. CATHEDRAL HAS BEEN HOST TO QUEENS AND PRESIDENTS. 00:11:47 QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND ENTOURAGE READ FROM SCRIPTURES, LED BY PRIEST. QUEEN ELIZABETH, PRESIDENT FORD WALK DOWN AISLE DURING SERVICE. SHAH OF IRAN ARRIVES AT CATHEDRAL, AS DOES PRESIDENT OF INDIA. 00:12:18 PAN FROM CATHEDRAL CEILING TO TOMB OF WOODROW WILSON. PAN TO CIRCULAR STAINED GLASS WINDOW, ONE OF MANY. MONTAGE INTRICATE CARVED STONE SECTIONS, ATTEST TO THE ENORMOUS WORK DONE BY STONE CUTTERS. PAN OF ITS MANY ALTARS WHICH ECHO LITHERGY OF MANY FAITHS. 00:12:54 PAN FROM CATHEDRAL TOWER TO MERRY-GO-ROUND OUT FRONT. CU FACE SHOTS OF CHILDREN AS THEY SPINS AROUND ON HORSES, DURING OPEN HOUSE WHICH OCCURS ONCE EACH YEAR. THOUSANDS PARTICIPATE. 00:13:17 CROWD TOURS CATHEDRAL. PEOPLE SIT ON FLOOR AND IN PEWS OF CATHEDRAL, AS ORGAN PLAYER GIVES DEMONSTRATION ON HUGE ORGAN. CU HAND OF ORGAN PLAYER AS HE PLAYS. 00:13:44 CU FACE SHOT OF YOUNG MAN, BEARD, LONG HAIR, AS HE SITS ON FLOOR, LEANS HEAD BACK, EYES CLOSED, AS HE ENJOYS ORGAN MUSIC. TEENAGE BOY LISTENS, LOOKS UP AT HUGE ORGAN PIPES AS THEY SOUND OFF. 00:14:03 SHOT OF BELL TOWER AS BELL CHIME. SEVERAL TEENAGE GIRLS PULL ON ROPES, RINGING TOWER BELLS ABOVE. CU SHOT OF BELLS AS THEY ROTATE ON THEIR AXELS. PAN OF COLORFUL STAINED GLASS DEPICTING VARIOUS RELIGIOUS EVENTS. 00:14:45 LARGE CARVINGS OF CHRIST ON MAIN ALTAR, WHOSE STONE CAME FROM THE QUARRIES OF KING SOLOMON, NEAR JERUSALEM. 00:14:55 PAN TO COLORFUL RUGS MADE BY NEEDLEPOINT BY VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE U.S. AND MANY OTHER LANDS. 00:15:09 PAN TO CRANE ON FINAL SECTION OF CATHEDRAL WHICH, WHEN DONE, THE CATHEDRAL WILL BE COMPLETE. 00:15:21 ZOOM OUT STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AS CHOIR IS HEARD SINGING. MONTAGE SEVERAL CHOIRS, LED BY CONDUCTORS SING HYMNS. DEAN COMMENTS FROM PULPIT, GETS LAUGHTER. 00:16:37 CATHEDRAL SCOTTISH PIPERS, MARCH FROM ALTAR TO EXIT, AS ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE ENDS.