| Titles Describing Dockland Settlement, c. 1920s | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6204 |
| Catalog #: | 368314 | |
| Clip Number: | 368314-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 295 C | |
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| Location: | London; England | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CITY PLANNING: Urban Renewal | |
| Description: | All Titles. Opens w/ reprinted letters from Frederick Ponsonby; Keeper of the Privy Purse; and from Edward Wallington; Treasurer to H.M. the Queen; enclosed w/ donations from the King & Queen toward a fund for enlarging the Dockland Settlement. Titles continue describing what was being done for the welfare of dock workers from the crowded slum around the London Docks: some new construction; charitable assistance for families; clubs & sports activities for children & teenagers. Ends w/ appeal for assistance from the audience to make possible further slum clearance; etc. Then another letter from the King; after a visit to the Settlement; praising the efforts being made to improve the lives of the people there. Charity; urban renewal; social services; poverty; economic & social conditions; royalty; donations; fundraising; city planning. | |
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