Replica Coronation Chairs (1937)

Location unknown. Sketch of the Coronation Chair from Westminster Abbey. Shots of workmen in Mr Offord’s workshop where full size replica’s of the chair are being made. Various shots of men chiselling and planing wood. Shots of a craftsman making models of the Herald Lions for the chair. He is working in clay and wax. CU as he smokes a cigarette. A replica of the Stone of Scone is even fitted into place to complete the look. Shots of replicas of the words scratched into the chair by Westminster schoolboys. Various shots of the replica chair. 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), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), Brit