| THE GREAT CRUSADE Reel 2 Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6546 |
| Catalog #: | 488540 | |
| Clip Number: | 488540-5 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
| Timecode: | 01:15:53 - 01:17:51 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CITY PLANNING: Urban Renewal HABITATS, HUMAN: Affordable Housing LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England SOCIAL SERVICES: Housing, Low Income | |
| Description: | London - new housing estate at Wandsworth. "Two of the newest tenants here are Lenny and Molly..." we see the children walking along a pavement. They wave to their mother and she waves back. Nice shot of the mother kissing both children at the entrance to the flats. High angle shots of a baby being bathed by mother. Lenny and Molly sit on a large bed with brass bedposts. They bounce on the bed with the baby. This is contrasted with a shot of the baby crying in bed in the slum house. Shot of bedroom with a single bed. Mother is pouring tea for Lenny - he and Molly are sitting at the dinner table in their new home (looks like a set.) There is a knock at the door. Two men come into the house, they have just come to see "if everything is all right". Very stilted conversation takes place. One of the men is very upright and smartly dressed. He says: "This is a transformation." She replies: "Yes it's a lovely house sir." He asks if the boy is Lenny and touches Lenny's hair. The mother says, "Yes and that's Molly over there..." C/U of Molly eating. The mother says: "It's much better than the old place, just like living in a new world." The mother has a strong London accent. Shot of large numbers of children in a playground. They play on the "Witches Hat" and on a swinging bench. Top shot of large number of mothers carrying babies. Panning shot of lots of toddlers sitting on a bench. Good baby shots. Babies eating and drinking, playing, holding a teddy bear etc. "If only for the sake of the children we must press on with measures for dealing with the great problem of the slums. The future belongs to them, let us see to it that at any rate they are given the chance of becoming decent, clean living human beings. The race marches forward on the feet of the children." Ends on big C/U of baby's face. "Land of Hope and Glory" on the soundtrack. | |
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