Convent Builders (1954)

Garmelite / Carmelite ? nuns build their own chapel in Radnorshire (aka Powys), Wales. Camera following nun with watering can. She adds water to cement other nuns are mixing. C/U cement. M/S two nuns pulling trolley with stone slabs on it. M/S two nuns pulling trolley up to chapel building site. M/S nuns carrying large stone slabs. Various shots nuns fixing stone slabs to walls. Various shots nuns chiselling at stone wall. M/S nun working. C/U nun lifting wooden frame from cement which she has moulded in brick. Various shots nun cementing wall. C/U Mother Prioress watching. M/S head nun looking at the progress of the wall. M/S nun measuring wall with stick. Head nun looks on. M/S nun chipping at stone. M/S nun cementing round by concrete steps. C/U kitten on steps. M/S nun cementing steps. M/S nun walking up ladder which is by house holding drainpipe which she hands to another nun already on roof. M/S looking down on three nuns holding ladder. Various shots nun on roof with drainpipe.