1940s Models of Coventry

Here's some very early postwar newsreel footage of Coventry. Here we see town planner Donald Gibson's model for the rebuilding of the blitzed city centre. We also have some fascinating footage of the bombed-out cathedral, and a wedding taking place in the ruins. And there are also shots of the blitzed landscape, and the start of construction at Broadgate, which would be finished in 1953.