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seth doane explains. >> reporter: in the forests of burgundy in central france stands a medieval castle. it's partially built, not because it's in ruins, but because it's still under construction. it looks and sounds like the year 1255. the challenge here is to build as they would have in that era. long before electricity, using tools fashioned by blacksmiths. and laying stones by hand. >> it's a mixture of sand and lime and water. this is like all glue that we use to stick all of our stones together. >> and this will last? >> and this will last thousands and thousands and thousands of years, no problem. this is what the romance and the greeks used. >> reporter: ben wallace was restoring old buildings when he visited this castle called getalong as a tourist and applied for a job. how is it to have been a stonemason as a career and exist this place exists? >> the dream, really. the possibility to work as they did back in the medieval times, to take the time as well to do things properly. >> reporter: they are taking time. this project started 27 years ago and is still expanding into a me
seth doane explains. >> reporter: in the forests of burgundy in central france stands a medieval castle. it's partially built, not because it's in ruins, but because it's still under construction. it looks and sounds like the year 1255. the challenge here is to build as they would have in that era. long before electricity, using tools fashioned by blacksmiths. and laying stones by hand. >> it's a mixture of sand and lime and water. this is like all glue that we use to stick all of...
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. >>> seth doane takes us to the biennale in venice where an american artist is making history. >>> plus, a story from steve hartman and more this "sunday morning" for the 26th of may, 2024. and we'll be back after this. ♪ ♪ >>> on this memorial day weekend, david martin shows us how technology is keeping the experiences of the greatest generation alive for generations to come. >> we were innocent kids who weren't ready for what was coming. >> reporter: vincent speranza, the son of italian immigrants enlisted when he turned 18. >> i decided to become a paratrooper when i found out that that would probably be the fastest way to get into the battle. >> reporter: and fought in the battle of the bulge, hitler's last gasp attempt to stave off defeat in the final months of the war in europe. >> 12,000 americans in that town to fought off 56,000 troops. >> reporter: vincent speranza died last year. but visitors to the national world war ii museum in new orleans can still talk to him. did you have any close calls? >> i was trying to take a drink from my canteen, and it slipped out of my hand
. >>> seth doane takes us to the biennale in venice where an american artist is making history. >>> plus, a story from steve hartman and more this "sunday morning" for the 26th of may, 2024. and we'll be back after this. ♪ ♪ >>> on this memorial day weekend, david martin shows us how technology is keeping the experiences of the greatest generation alive for generations to come. >> we were innocent kids who weren't ready for what was coming....
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seth doane has the story. ♪ try to make me go to rehab, i said no, no, no ♪ >> when it comes to biographical films, critics often fire from both sides, calling them exploitive or sanitized. it's not for the faint hearted director. did you know that you were making a controversial movie? >> there is something about tackling difficult subjects where i just think come on, let's go. >> reporter: sam taylor-johnson's film "back to black," a drama about the life and music of the british singer, amy winehouse, was generating interest well before its u.s. release this week. while you were shooting, the pictures were coming out, and there were fierce reactions? >> yeah. and it was difficult in the early days, not because i read anything, because i try not to read anything. >> reporter: you must have been aware when people were saying this is revolting? >> no, i wasn't actually. thanks for letting me know. i make sure everyone on set tells me nothing because i can't make the movie i want to make if i start hearing people's dissenting voices or opinions. >> reporter: "back to black" focuses on the maki
seth doane has the story. ♪ try to make me go to rehab, i said no, no, no ♪ >> when it comes to biographical films, critics often fire from both sides, calling them exploitive or sanitized. it's not for the faint hearted director. did you know that you were making a controversial movie? >> there is something about tackling difficult subjects where i just think come on, let's go. >> reporter: sam taylor-johnson's film "back to black," a drama about the life and...
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she is looking back this morning with seth doane. >> reporter: she grew up but few financial resources, but enriched by her mother and brother. and today wishes she could share this place with them. >> they are not coming back. so i wanted to write all of this down just in love, because i was so in love with the two of them. >> reporter: relaxing and reminiscing in italy with whoopi goldberg later this "sunday morning." >>> after spending a year of your life living biblically, what do you do? you could try to live constitutionally, which is exactly what author a.j. jacobs has just done. he tells our john dickerson all about it. >> reporter: writer a.j. jacobs spent a year living constitutionally as if it were 1789. >> i notice when you hold up your hand, you are in fact a wretch. >> thank you, i am an ink stained wretch. >> reporter: a most unusual exploration of the u.s. constitution ahead on "sunday morning." >>> most of us know bob schieffer as the retired host of our "sunday morning" neighbor "face the nation," but bob's found a new and artful way to cover the news as we'll see wit
she is looking back this morning with seth doane. >> reporter: she grew up but few financial resources, but enriched by her mother and brother. and today wishes she could share this place with them. >> they are not coming back. so i wanted to write all of this down just in love, because i was so in love with the two of them. >> reporter: relaxing and reminiscing in italy with whoopi goldberg later this "sunday morning." >>> after spending a year of your life...
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sometimes seth doane discovers, it really is. >>> serena altschul surveys the front lines of stroller wars, a competition that's anything but child's play. >>> nancy giles shows us why tie-dye, the freak flag of the '60s, is still flying high. >>> lee cowan test drives that may be the hottest car in america. >>> plus, conor knighton on the latest addition to the american toolbox. >>> we'll have a tea party with martha stewart and more all on our "sunday morning" by design. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . >>> much has been made over the years about living the california dream. the question is, can money, a lot of money, build that dream from the ground up? luke burbank found place where some tech giants are trying to do just that. >> reporter: for over five years, starting back in 2018, something mysterious was going on. >> it's a nearly billion dollars land purchase. >> reporter: just 90 minutes northeast of san francisco -- >> no one, not even the federal government, can figure out who is behind it. >> reporter: a secretive group was purchasing farmland. some 60,000 acres in r
sometimes seth doane discovers, it really is. >>> serena altschul surveys the front lines of stroller wars, a competition that's anything but child's play. >>> nancy giles shows us why tie-dye, the freak flag of the '60s, is still flying high. >>> lee cowan test drives that may be the hottest car in america. >>> plus, conor knighton on the latest addition to the american toolbox. >>> we'll have a tea party with martha stewart and more all on our...
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seth doane has a preview. >> i was blown away by that rawness, that talent and energy around her. >> reporter: seeing amy winehouse on stage and then trying to re-create that connection for audiences on film. how different is your singing voice from amy's? >> that sound i knew was going to be a challenge to try to replicate. >> reporter: taking on the role and life of amy winehouse later this "sunday morning." >>> before you give mom those fresh flowers, you might want to consider the cutting edge alternative conor knighton shows us. >>> luke burbank visits the set of the hit show "young sheldon," now ending a seven-season run. >>> tracy smith is on broadway with actor sarah paulson. >>> alina cho introduces us to a fax legend with an unlikely but surprisingly familiar calling. >>> plus, humor from faith salie. >>> a story from steve hartman. >>> josh seftel and hits mom stop by and more. it's sunday morning, may 12, 2024, and we'll be back after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> sir isaac newton wrote, truth is ever to be found in simplicity. well, if sir isaac were around today and tried to us
seth doane has a preview. >> i was blown away by that rawness, that talent and energy around her. >> reporter: seeing amy winehouse on stage and then trying to re-create that connection for audiences on film. how different is your singing voice from amy's? >> that sound i knew was going to be a challenge to try to replicate. >> reporter: taking on the role and life of amy winehouse later this "sunday morning." >>> before you give mom those fresh...