First Stainless - Steel Cross (1925)

Item title reads - First stainless steel cross. After being blessed and dedicated, thousands see it erected on St. Marie’s church spire. Sheffield, Yorkshire. M/S of the vicar outside the church door, he blesses the ornate cross which has a cockerel on the top, he kisses it as do other clergy. Members of the public crowd round to kiss it. Intertitle - ’our cameraman will go anywhere a steeplejack will!’ M/S as they climb the spire. M/S as the cross is hoisted up on the steeplejack’s back. Various shots as they climb higher. L/S of the spire, L/S as the cross is put in place. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empir