| BIRMINGHAM'S LORD MAYOR INAUGURATES A NEW HOUSING SCHEME The Mayor of Birmingham places a quality standard ventilation brick in a new, partly-built house. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6358 |
| Catalog #: | 114022 | |
| Clip Number: | 114022-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/6 | |
| Timecode: | 01:16:16 - 01:16:43 | |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Houses, Row CONSTRUCTION: Houses LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | Birmingham's Lord Mayor inaugurates a new Housing Scheme. Birmingham, West Midlands. Various shots show the Mayor of Birmingham inaugurating a new housing scheme at a building site. He climbs up a ladder onto some scaffolding and places a special hallmark brick above the porch of a new house being built. The ventilation brick has the letters 'BDHBA' on it for 'Birmingham District (?) House Builder's Association', and will be included in every new house built to a certain standard. The Mayor is handed a small box by the President of the House Builder's Association and they shake hands. | |
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