05:53Documentary
Old London
Discover the story of John Thorp’s famous Old London models.
Film & Video
Videos
Explore documentary films and archival footage from the Thorp Architectural Modelmaking Archive at Arts University Bournemouth.
MODEL HISTORIES
Great Models Documentaries
Learn more about some of Thorp's greatest models in this series of short documentary films.
05:53
07:33Documentary
Sea City
Learn all about the incredible 1968 Sea City proposal.
06:37Documentary
Liverpool Cathedral
The remarkable model of Edwin Lutyens’ unbuild masterpiece.
FROM THE COLLECTION
Archival Films
The Thorp Archive holds several fascinating newsreel films from the 1920s showcasing John Thorp and his modelmakers at work, and a copy of a 1968 documentary made to promote the Pilkington Glass Age Development Committee's Sea City proposal.
30:35Archival Film
Sea City Documentary 1968
A documentary made for the Pilkington Glass Age Development Committee about the unveiling of their Sea City project, and Thorp’s model of it, in 1968.
01:55Archival Film
From AD 16 to AD 19
A Pathe Pictorial film from 1929 that features John Thorp’s model of Old Cheapside.
03:09Archival Film
Coliseum Theatre Model
A 1929 newsreel featuring John Thorp’s model of the Coliseum Theatre.
