The House That Jack Built (1958), British Pathé

Bordon, Hampshire. English eccentric Jack Punter has decorated his garden like a crazy grotto. Various shots of his excellent concrete sculptures and strange bits and pieces. Jack makes a concrete and stone crocodile destined to be a garden ornament. He picks up one he has made earlier and places it by his fish ponds. Jack climbs on to a stone covered bench and bends down touching his toes to show how supple he is (he s sixty six you know ). Jack s wife returns home and closes the gate encrusted with stones. C, Us of little houses Jack has made. Narrator informs us that Jack was advised against building this crazy house ( doityourself gone mad ) by doctors due to his thrice fractured skull ( ). He has done everything himself including making all the cement and carrying all the stone. Pretty cool FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.