Building of Liverpool's Catholic Cathedral
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- 'Paddy’s Wigwam', Liverpool's iconic Catholic Cathedral, opens its doors for the first time. This documentary commemorating the occasion is an absorbing watch and an elegant piece of filmmaking. It continually shifts between footage of the cathedral's first Mass and planning and construction scenes shot months earlier - as if to echo Sir Frederick Gibberd's simple yet intricate circular design for the building.
The birth of the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, on the same street as the then still-under-construction Anglican cathedral, was a significant moment for Catholics in the city and beyond. But the film's response to their faith feels a bit superficial and worthy. Sponsored by the engineering practice which implemented Gibberd's design, it's more interesting on the construction scheme itself. On the soundtrack, Cardinal Heenan's homily is interwoven with choral singing, bible extracts - and the pragmatic, informative voices of draughtsmen, craftsmen and engineers. Resisting the all-too-common temptation of engineering films to laboriously record every logistical detail, this is an intelligent, measured industrial documentary for a general audience.
That was amazing. I will appreciate it even more now when I walk past. I was in The Royal Hospital a few years ago and my Bed was facing The Cathedral, at Night it looked spectacular with the Dome all illuminated 🙏
Holy smokes this is some impressive stuff!!! Makes me appreciate this cathedral even more....well I first thought it looked a bit ugly but now I can see the beauty of it. Wonderful organ it has also with trumpets which sounds ricochet from one wall to another.
Very nice indeed looks great
Many thanks RODPIKER DRONES UK ! Oh course, this original film was from 50 years ago, I don't claim to have made or own it - it is now in the public domain.
Visiting this location today having seen this film is quite educational having a better idea of how the landscape was before construction and how the Cathedral was built
What do we notice about the workers: no helmets, no gloves, no safetycables! how dangerous. that would be unthinkable nowadays!
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