April 29, 2026
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1:09Now PlayingDate: 29th January 1925
Location: LONDON
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: The Restoration of St. Paul's - Further pictures of the work now being undertaken to reinforce the crumbling stonework
ENGLAND: London: Ludgate Hill: St. Paul's Cathedral:
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MAIN TITLE
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TITLE: IN THE CRYPT. BORING THE PIERS FOR GROUTING
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MLV AND CU MAN DRILLING HOLE IN STONE WALL
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TITLE: LIQUID CEMENT IS FORCED IN TO SOLIDIFY THE RUBBLE OF WHICH THE CENTRE OF THE PIERS IS FORMED
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CUS PIPE ATTACHED TO HOLE BEING BOLTED UP
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MLV 2 MEN WORKING MACHINERY PUMPING CEMENT
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CU PIPE IN WALL
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TITLE: SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN, THE ARCHITECT WHO RECEIVED THE MAGNIFICENT SUM OF GBP2 PER WEEK FOR HIS WORK
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CU ENGRAVING OF WREN
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TITLE: WREN'S TOMB AND EPITAPH
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MLV SAME
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CU INSCRIPTION
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SHOT 11
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CU ANOTHER INSCRIPTION
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TITLE: TRANSLATION, UNDERNEATH IS -BURIED SIR CHRIS. WREN THE BUILDER OF THIS CHURCH AND CITY, WHO LIVED ABOUT 90 YEARS NOT TO HIMSELF BUT TO THE PUBLIC GOOD. READER IF THOU SEEKEST HIS C?UMENT LOOK AROUND, HE DIED FEB. 25th 1723 IN THE 91st YEAR OF HIS AGE
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TITLE: RIGHT UNDER THE CENTRE OF THE GREAT DOME: THE TOMB OF HORATIO, LORD NELSON
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LV SAME
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TITLE: A TREMENDOUS FLOOD OF SPECIAL LIGHTS WERE NECESSARY TO SECURE THIS MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF THE CHANCEL
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SV CHANCEL
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stonework, stoneworkers, mason, stone cutting, crypt, basement, structural engineering, historic preservation, burial vault, church, churches
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