| NEW-STYLE HOUSING New homeowners in America help to build their own houses to obtain lower mortgage rates. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7220 |
| Catalog #: | 54202 | |
| Clip Number: | 54202-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 494 | |
| Timecode: | 01:07:09 - 01:08:29 | |
| Location: | Hammond, Indiana, United States of America. | |
| Year Shot: | 1939 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Slums/Tenements CONSTRUCTION: Houses DOMESTIC LIFE: Home Improvement DOMESTIC LIFE: Yard Work HABITATS, HUMAN: Suburban LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Indiana | |
| Description: | NEW-STYLE HOUSING New homeowners in America help to build their own houses to obtain lower mortgage rates. Hammond, Indiana, United States of America. Various shots of houses under construction and near completion at a new estate as part of a new scheme to help reduce the cost of housing. Homeowners are seen doing their own paint work, laying floorboards and fitting sinks in their new cottages that will replace old two-storey tenement buildings. A man and woman hang wallpaper. By doing this work themselves, the owners are reducing the cost of their mortgage payments. Several shots of finished houses, each with its own garden. People tend their flower beds while children play with a ball. | |
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