A LONG forgotten home movie showing Avebury during the reconstruction of the monument in the years leading up to the Second World War will be shown in a BBC 2 documentary on December 6.

A year ago the Gazette revealed that the film made by villager Peter Lawes during the mid to late 1930s had been discovered hidden away in a biscuit tin.

The 9.5mm reels of film, last seen in 1953, had been passed on to Mr Lawes' nephew, John Hockley of Devizes, who put them away for safe keeping, re-discovering them last year.

Last year the black and white film was transferred to video and shown to villagers at the Red Lion, where Mr Lawes lived.

Avebury's reconstruction was led by the late marmalade baron Alexander Keiller, who financed an excavation and the re-erection of the stones. He can be seen in the film wielding a spade, together with the teams of men he employed.

The film will be shown in the Close Up West (BBC West) and Southern Eye (BBC South) documentary The Village in the Stones on BBC 2 at 7.30pm.