’topping Out’ Ceremony Of Commonwealth Institute Building (1962)

Location: Kensington, England / Great Britain VS. Construction of the new Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington High Street. Large crane in operation. VS views from the top of the building. VS. ’Topping Out’ ceremony on small platform on top of a high section of building. VS. Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Institute, Sir James Robertson and the Mr. W. Kirby Laing, Chairman of John Laing Construction Ltd., the firm that constructed the building, performing ceremony. Aerial view of Crowd watching the ceremony is interspersed. Mr. Laing, James Robertson and others leaving the roof. (Orig. Neg.) 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 Graphi