These skyscrapers of stone dominated skylines for nearly a thousand years. Now, a team of scholars and builders investigates how they we went up, and why some of the tallest fell down. Embedded in stone and stained glass, they uncover a hidden mathematical code — ripped from pages of the Bible — that was used as a blueprint to build the great Gothic Cathedrals.

Cologne is the largest city that the G.I.s will take during the war. Nazi propaganda has declared the city to be defended to the last cartridge. Witness the US troops first hand on their advance from the outskirts of the city to the banks of the Rhine and the fascinating research of the Cologne journalist and film historian Hermann Rheindorf.

Documentary - Child choristers have been singing at Salisbury for 900 years. This film follows Salisbury Cathedral's current choristers over Easter and through the summer term. The Cathedral's separate boy and girl choirs each contain 16 of the most musically gifted 8-13 year olds in the country. Their role, now as always, is to sing, day-in day-out some of the most sublime music ever written in one of Britain's most beautiful buildings. -

The grisly assassination of archbishop Thomas Becket plays out surrounded by the splendor of Bari's Basilica di San Nicola in this first-ever film recording of Ildebrando Pizzetti's "Murder in the Cathedral," based on the play by T.S. Eliot. Italian bass-baritone Ruggero Raimondi stars as Becket, with support from Saverio Fiore, Filippo Bettoschi, Elia Fabbian and Massimo Polverari as the king of England.

Reaching to the heavens, Notre-Dame has stood as a beacon in the heart of Paris since its construction in 1163.

Music video for Wood Of Ephraim song. exploration of narcissism; both clinical & mythical & too much & at once

The collaboration between architects, scientists, archaeologists and engineers in their efforts to restore Notre Dame.

A wooden St. Patrick's Church stood on the site now known as Dublin 8 from the 5th century to about 1191, when the church was raised to the status of cathedral. The present building, the largest church in Ireland, was built between 1191 and 1270, and it is here, that Tommy Fleming wanted to capture the setting of this beautiful Irish Cathedral in this unique concert. The songs that were chosen for this unique concert were performed in an acoustic and simple style which befitted the historical magnificence of this building. Old, new and contemporary classics that seemed to take a life of their own when performed in these historical surroundings.

Jessye Norman at Ely Cathedral - Christmastide 1988

This extraordinary documentary film explores one of the most beautiful and mysterious cathedrals in the world, the famous Chartres Cathedral in France. Forty-four magnificent stained-glass windows, including three rose windows, tell the story of the world from creation to the day of judgment. The 12th Century labyrinth in the nave paving is the largest and best-preserved surviving example of a medieval labyrinth in France.

Kiri Te Kanawa, Michael George, and a choir sing Christmas music, and in between selections, David Frost narrates a history of the Christmas carol.

Architectural historian Jon Cannon goes in search of the clues that shed light on how our medieval forebears were able to build the wonders of their world.

A day to remember - celebration and consecration in Liverpool.

Cathedral tells the story of the battle to save the hemlock trees of Cook Forest State Park, Pennsylvania, which are under attack by the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA), a destructive insect that has already killed thousands of trees in the eastern United States. The film takes the viewer on a journey through the forest in all seasons and shows the important work being done by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry. Cathedral talks about the history of Cook Forest State Park, which is a registered National Natural Landmark, and explains how the hemlock tree is a keystone species, influencing everything from water temperature to bird populations. Cook Forest is home to the one of the last, best remaining stands of old-growth forest in the United States, and is considered by many to contain the best remaining old-growth hemlock.

A lively Christmas morning family Eucharist from Blackburn Cathedral, capturing the wonder of the Nativity journey with a liturgy of music, readings and stories, and featuring the uplifting setting of Bob Chilcott’s A Little Jazz Mass. The cathedral choir of girls, boys and adult singers leads the congregation in familiar carols, including O Come All Ye Faithful, See Amid the Winter’s Snow, I Saw Three Ships, Ding Dong Merrily on High and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.

Described as "the best film about Duke Ellington ever made" by the jazz legend himself, "Love You Madly" combines a behind-the-scenes profile with performance footage from Basin St. West Jazz Club, the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival and the "Concert of Sacred Music" at Grace Cathedral. A second Emmy-nominated program captures the full magic of Ellington's 1965 "Concert of Sacred Music," a mix of classical, spirituals, gospel, blues and jazz.

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

Taking place on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three-day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hellbent on destroying the Creeper for good. The Creeper fights back in gory glory as its enemies grow closer than ever before to learning the secret of its dark origins.

A documentary study of a series of works by Welsh painter, Ceri Richards, inspired by the 1910 piano prelude, La Cathédrale Engloutie, by French impressionist composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918)