Chartres Cathedral (1963) 

My father shot this film.

The best film about Chartres of several I have seen. I had a teacher in 5th grade who showed us this film. He was obsessed with it, and as a class we watched it every Friday, as a way of ending the week. Somehow this became embedded in my psyche and years later I had the chance to visit the cathedral in person, as an homage to this eccentric teacher who got us thinking about the universe and man's place in it. Glad to find it on RU-vid!

I saw this, I believe, in 9th grade - 1969 or thereabouts. This film blew me away - the combination, as indicated in the film, of faith, intellect and engineering - beautifully presented with exquisite music. After that, it was my goal to "pilgrimage" to the Cathedral at some point - which I got to accomplish in 1983. That visit was everything I had hoped. Having a first rate guide didn't hurt, but I also got to explore on my own. I don't think any other documentary on Chartres has the power to move as this one does. This one "gets it" and effectively presents what it gets. God bless the Encyclopedia Britannica films of my youth!!

Потрясающе! Фильм создан в год моего рождения... а сейчас я второй год живу в Шартре и каждый день любуюсь уютными старыми улицами и восхищаюсь красотой и величием Собора! 🙏🌷🔆

Precious movie,thank you

There is a magnificent scene about Chartres in one of Orson Welles’s later films, F for Fake, that is narrated by him. The sequence is truly magical for anyone who is interested.

thanks for posting! very educational!

The exact video I needed. Thank you!

Excellent! Thank You.

Great Docu! Hope I could find some others at the same level, interesting also because it was 60 years old.

Beautiful ❤

More films like this!!!!!

is this film part of a Series?

France in its purest form! It's hard enough to get along with most people...but no UN flag...just the French. EXACTLY like the times in my parents past❤❤❤❤

The medieval builder cannot depend on faith to keep the walls from collapsing: How modern this sentence sounds, and it contrasts 1500 years of Catholic dominance based on ignorance and superstition. Gothic architecture was indeed the first step to free the human spirit from the horrors started in the IV century and still keep humankind enslaved to dubious dogmas and wars in the name of God. Never underestimate the negative influence that Christendom had on all the other religions, especially Islam, and we still must suffer the consequences, because Humankind apparently never learns..