Great Peter of York
1927 · 2m · Documentary
A large crowd and choir, on an historic day at York Minster, greet the arrival of a replacement big bell, watching and singing as labourers manfully slide the 10 ton bell off a truck.
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Notre Dame de Paris: The Ordeal of the Centuries
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David Macaulay: Cathedral
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