Nuns At Work (1965)

Ladywell Convent, Godalming, Surrey.
A group of nuns are seen at work and at prayer. They are the Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood. Various shots of them working on the nunnery farm - they are seen driving a tractor and milking cows.
Panning shot of the dormitories of the nunnery. A young nun uses a broom to clean her room. Nice shots of the nuns sitting down to a meal together. A nun reads from the bible as they eat.
Shots of two nuns using a cement mixer and shots of the nuns doing building work. They use a plank to flatten some cement. "Their brand of Christianity is muscular, to an almost a masculine degree" states the narrator.
Printing plant is seen - nun stands beside the printing press and checks the results.
Nuns are seen inside a church. There are some very young girls in the church.
A nun cleans an outdoor swimming pool and another cuts the grass with a pair of hand shears. Other nuns are seen fishing. One of the nuns wears sunglasses.
Film ends with shot of doors opening to show a nun kneeling before a statue of the Virgin Mary in prayer.
Note: some of the shots seem rather incongruous - especially the sequence with the cement mixer.
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[@He1sbelles]

My sister was a nun at Ladywell for several years in the 70s. I remember going to visit her there, this really takes me back!

[@kameijohnwilson9208]

Very beautiful

[@elainebyers7019]

Love the old traditional look!

[@brotherlam3725]

The Religion Life still alive and grow up ! I'm a Brother of the Chirsitan School in Viet Nam.

[@albertoalejandrelara515]

When the Church wasn't as lost as it is today to think this was filmed the year the Council ended....they couldn't even have imagined what insanity was to come.

[@eparke95]

What a beautiful life.

[@CivilRights4Olympia]

Good stuff.

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5 acres of cucumber field 🥒

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Protestant libel!