| Trailer: BUILDING SCOTLAND'S NEW HOUSES encouraging school-leavers to learn skills for the building trade | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5702 | |
| Catalog #: | 320144 | |
| Clip Number: | 320144-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 43/89 | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:34 - 01:25:57 | |
| Location: | UK | |
| Year Shot: | 1943 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMERCIALS: Public Service CONSTRUCTION: Misc. EDUCATION & SCHOOLS: Vocational (Trade) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK | |
| Description: | Trailer: BUILDING SCOTLAND'S NEW HOUSES encouraging school-leavers to learn skills for the building trade Sequence showing the need for more houses in Scotland after the war. '50000' 'Slums'. Shots of slums, burned out houses. Voiceover describing the government's plans to build 50,000 houses a year for Scotland. Semi demolished building. Young couple looking a sign with houses to let. WS Pan across city panorama. WS Suburban street. Winston Churchill (Prime Minister) building a wall. Voice-over 'He is doing his best, but he needs your help'. Three teenage boys look into camera. The call is for young men to make use of the training schemes and shows them at work in classes learning various aspects of the building trade. Boys get trade training in classroom, sawing and hammering, learning bricklaying, etc. Various scenes inside the new classes for teaching school-leavers between the ages of 14 and 15, skills for the building trade: A sign saying pre-vocational classes, teachers, students learning woodwork and brick laying skills etc. CU An architectural plan is unfolded. Family at home with teenage boy. Super 'Now'. | |
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