Cathedral of Tomorrow, 8mm of early construction, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

The Film:
These 8mm movie clips were filmed by Arthur Haughn of Bettsville, Ohio who was part of the construction crew on the cathedral. The film is currently owned by his grandson. It was digitized/scanned, stabilized and cleaned up by David Cline in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Cathedral:
The cathedral was built in 1958 by Rex Humbard. It's a round building with the sanctuary in the middle and classrooms and offices around the edges, seating 5,400. It has a domed roof with a large illuminated cross that hangs from the ceiling. The cross weighs 32 tons (to give the domed roof greater architectural strength during wind storms) and illuminated with 4,700 lights which change colors. At the time It was one of the largest interior crosses in the world. When the cathedral was built it was the largest permanently domed building in the world without interior pillar support which gives the audience greater visibility toward the stage.
Under Humbard's ministry, Cathedral services were broadcast on 600 television stations in the United States and Canada, as well as on stations in many other countries.

In 1994, the Cathedral was sold to the Reverend Ernest Angley's ministry and was rededicated as Grace Cathedral.