Architecture Footage - WPA Film Library

Architecture

Historic Houses in Alexandria

NEON LIGHTS IN HONG KONG Hong Kong by Night

New Orleans

Alexandria Residential Area

ENGLAND - USSR SOCIETY EXHIBITION

RECONSTRUCTION OF A WAR DAMAGED BRIDGE IN VERONA

Building details

Upscale Urban Dwellings

NEW YORK The finishing touches are put to a model of Manhattan Island to be used in the World Fair.

HABITAT HOUSE AT EXPO '67 Various shots of exterior of modern, 'boxy' style apartment block.

Historic Houses in Alexandria

SNOW BLANKETS VENICE Pictures of Venice in the snow. Italy.

Beach Building

Architecture

NEW OFFICES A landscaped office at Beecham house.

Upscale Urban Dwellings

Architectural details of the Lincoln Memorial

Post WWII Public Housing

Art Deco Detail

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Shanghai Skyline

Guggenheim Museum

NYC Stock Shots - Washington Square, New York City

Alexandria Residential Area

Chrysler Building & Empire State Building - NYC

Upscale Urban Dwellings

Alexandria Residential Area

Riverside Church

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

LIGHT - TODAY & YESTERDAY New German Architecture Makes Use of Light

Student Draftsmen and Architects

Architecture

New Orleans

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Architecture

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Stone Buildings and Details

LBJ's Journey: President Welcomed In Far East

THE HOUSE OF A DREAM Excellent story about a modern, art deco dream house on a hilltop in Amersham.

New Offbeat Boat: Design Inspired By Lunar Rays

Interview with Richard Hayden, Architect

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 11) A futuristic airliner and aerodrome

Lamp post

Liverpool Cathedral

Japan Today

Eye Research: $5,000,000 Center Begun At UCLA

Skyline Giant: New Office Building Is World's Largest

Empire State Building - NYC

UN Headquarters (United Nations) - NYC

Chrysler Building - NYC

NYC Architecture - Rowhouses & Brownstones

Bronze Building

Architecture West

Rooftop Heliport Is The Crowning Glory Of Oakland

Building Details, Seamen's Church

Blueprint

Office workers - drafters/blueprints

Architect or draftsman working with zoom into...

Drafting

Architects rendering building

Drafting

Historic Cathedral Restored

Eisenhower Has Fair Preview

President Eisenhower Breaks Ground

New Museum: Frank Lloyd Wright Stirs Hubbub in NY.

'Truman Walk' Set For World's Fair

The Tacoma Bridge Collapse

The House Of Tomorrow

Bahai'i Temple

New Embassy In India

News in Brief: Venezuela's Radio City

White House Gets Its Face Lift

Famed Moderns On Court

Plans Perfected for Elaborate N.Y World's Fair

Retiring President Opens Great $16,000,000 Colonial Exposition

Drugs & Narcs

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Student Draftsmen and Architects

Brasilia Home Movies

MUNICH SET FOR 1972 OLYMPICS Work on the sites of the Munich 1972 Olympic.

CAMOUFLAGE Model factory buildings are camouflaged by special artists in a London studio.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 29) A model of a Czech prison.

THE MODEL MASTERS Scale models of new building schemes are made in an Italian workshop.

Huanpu River Traffic at Night - Bund Area

TOWN PLANNING A look at town planning for the future, and how things may be rebuilt after the war.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 115) The Futurama model of the cities of the future.

ABBEY CORONATION ANNEXE Minister of Works, David Eccles, inspects a model of an annexe to Westminster Abbey.

BUILDINGS BY ARCHITECT SEIFERT Various buildings by architect Seifert.

HABITAT HOUSE AT EXPO '67 Various shots of exterior of modern, 'boxy' style apartment block.

HOUSE AMONGST THE TREES A house built from wood and stone designed to fit in with its natural surroundings.

DREAM HOUSE Ultra modern house with great late 1950s decor.

GLASS DOME STUDIO An experimental prototype of new type of a studio - a sphere made of triangular windows.

GLASS CITY OF THE FUTURE Pilkington Brothers have developed a scheme for a glass city.

CANADIAN STYLE HOMES Exhibition of the new Canadian house designs which encourage use of timber from British Columbia.

TWENTIETH CENTURY CAVEMEN A look at the futuristic cave-like house designs of architect, Jacques Couelle.

CHURCHES OF TOMORROW Marvels of contemporary church design should attract young people - tells the film.

PENTHOUSE SUITE penthouse Suite designed by Oliver Messel

800 YEARS OF NOTRE DAME Paris celebrates 800 years of Notre Dame Cathedral.

CURVES FOR THE OFFICE Various shots of new circular building being built near Kingsway in London

PLASTIC HOUSE Footage of plastic domed house in Hollywood. United States if America.

VENEZUELA'S METROPOLIS New designs for the centre of Caracas - Avenida Bolivar.

RONCHAMPS - CONTEMPORARY CHURCH Le Corbusier, famous French Architect builds famous Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamps.

NEW CHURCH the new Trinity church in Poplar, Greater London, or Suffolk.

EXPO 7O MODEL Designers show off model of British pavilion for Expo' 70.

UNIVERSAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION FOR 1967 IN MONTREAL TAKES SHAPE Montreal prepares to host EXPO 67 as the Soviet Union agrees to participate

MELBOURNE OF TOMORROW Exhibition in Melbourne showing models of office blocks, underground etc.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - NEW YORK MODEL EXHIBITION

HAMBURG ART SCHOOL Art school opened in British Zone, Germany.

SEVERN BRIDGE MODEL the design of the new bridge to be built over the River Severn.

THE OFFICE OF A DREAM Great footage of the exterior and interior of a new office designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

BLOOMSBURY Item about history of Bloomsbury, London + iron railings being torn down for war effort.

NEWS IN FLASHES - NEW OLYMPIC STADIUM IN MELBOURNE Architects look over the plans for a stadium to be built for the Melbourne Olympics.

CHANGING PICCADILLY Horrible carbuncle designs for a new-look Piccadilly Circus.

SYDNEY A visit to Sydney, Australia, shows us koalas, boomerangs and the half-finished Opera House.

NEW VILLAGE A modern village which blends with the rural setting is built in Kent.

ITALY IN WALES A look at the unusual but beautiful Italian style architecture of Portmeirion in Wales.

DAYLIGHT DOME Pilkington Glass provide an advisory service to architects designing schools.

ARCHITECTS CONGRESS IN MOSCOW Delegates in Grand Kremlin Palace. Kucherenko and Mardones-Restat giving speech.

HOUSE OF COMMONS MODEL The rebuilding of the Debating Chamber at Westminster Palace, damaged by bomb during war.

PICCADILLY NEW CIRCUS The Monico at Piccadilly Circus is demolished to make way for modern complex.

NEW DEVELOPMENT OF ST. KATHERINES DOCKS Model of proposed development of St Katherine's Docks and footage of the area in 1969.

REDEVELOPMENT IN WHITEHALL Model of proposed redevelopment and footage of Westminster / Whitehall area.

CORONATION NEWS Views of the model built to plan the route of the Coronation.

MODEL OF THE BUTTERFLY BRIDGE

CORONATION MODEL AIDS ARCHITECTS Architects at the Ministry of Works build a scale model to help plan the Coronation.

NATIONAL SPORTS CENTRE Model of new sports centre to built in Crystal Palace

FLOOD BUNGALOW Model bungalow designed to withstand flooding

ARCHITECTURAL MODELS architectural model maker with his models

Upscale Urban Dwellings

1939 Golden Gate Exposition Shown In Miniature Form

People Look Model City with Changing Parts

Mega-Buildings: Giants Cast Long Shadows

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 3 Smallest shop in the world.

HOMES UP TO DATE A look at housing through the ages and over the world - from caves, to huts on stilts, to modern skyscrapers.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 3 Architecture wonder

Bund Area

HIROSAKI CASTLE IN HIROSAKI CITY, NORTHERN HONSHU, JAPAN

COLORFUL BUILDING

TYPICAL COLONIAL SHOP HOUSES IN CHINATOWN, SINGAPORE

COLONIAL SHOP HOUSES WITH FINANCIAL DISTRICT BACKGROUND, SINGAPORE

INDIAN TEMPLE SRI MARIAMMAN, SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE

MAIN GATEWAY OF THE CHIANG KAI-SHEK MEMORIAL, TAIPEI

EAST GATE DONG DAE MUN

SEOUL TRAIN STATION BY NIGHT

STONE SCULPTURES AT THE GUANGHWAMUN GATE

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

SHIODOME BUILDINGS AND YURIKAMOME LINE

PRADA BUILDING, OMOTE SANDO

THE ENCOUNTER RESTAURANT AT LAX-EARLY EVENING

THE LIPPO CENTRE AND OTHER BLDGS. IN ADMIRALTY

Goth and the Kaiser

PICCADILLY NEW CIRCUS The Monico at Piccadilly Circus is demolished to make way for modern complex.

Temple of Literature - Doctors' Stelea

Opera House

Imperial City - Inside the Imperial CIty

Meridian Gate at the Forbidden City

Gate of Supreme Harmony at the Forbidden City

Hall of Supreme Harmony at the Forbidden City

Harmony Hall Courtyard inside the Forbidden City

Bronze and Architectural Detail Inside the Forbidden City

Architectural Detail Inside the Forbidden City

Architectural Detail and Bronze Sculpture Inside the Forbidden City

Imperial Garden Inside the Forbidden City

Temple of Heaven

Summer Palace

Ming Dynasty Tombs (Shisanling) - Architecture

Ming Dynasty Tombs (Shisanling) - Architecture and Sacred Way Statues

Empire State Building

Taj Mahal

Shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh

Islamic Architecture

Cathedral

Capitol Records Building

SIR BASIL SPENCE Views of buildings designed by famous architect Sir Basil Spence.

Red Square and the Kremlin

Old Buildings

Historic Russian Orthodox Church

Bas Relief on Building in Copenhagen

Building Steeple in the Sky

Domed Shaped Building Exterior

Building Turret

Rosenborg Castle: Long Hall Ceiling

Rosenborg Castle: Ceiling Details

Exterior Shots of Rosenborg Castle

Rosenborg Castle Gardens

Havana Street Scenes

Coast of Havana from Boat

Fairly Upscale Homes

IDEAL HOMES Ideal Homes exhibition at Olympia & Tomorrow's Home exhibition in Harrods.

Student Draftsmen and Architects

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower

Moller Villa Hotel 1930 - French Concession Area

New Orleans

Scale Models of Bellevue Hospital and Lever House

Window Box in Window

New York Landmarks

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Stately Homes

Student Draftsmen and Architects

Upscale Urban Dwellings

Gargoyle detail

Fairly Upscale Homes

Stone Building

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

NATIONAL THEATRE MODEL ON SHOW

Frank Lloyd Wright Dies

Los Angeles International Airport

Shanghai Grand Theater - Renmin Square

Miscellaneous Buildings of Shanghai

Pearl Tower

IDEAL HOMES Ideal Homes exhibition at Olympia & Tomorrow's Home exhibition in Harrods.

Post WWII Public Housing

Upscale Urban Dwellings

Capitol Records & LA Justice BLdg

Alexandria Residential Area

Building details, NYC

Historic Houses in Alexandria

WORLD'S FAIR PRESENTATION The actress Anna Neagle presents model of Crystal Palace to Grover Wayne at the World's Fair.

NATIONAL FILM THEATRE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING Pieces of film history are put into National Film Theatre as Foundation Stone is laid.

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Arichitecture

NEW STYLE BANK Interior of bank with commentary about the modernity of the equipment and glass building.

HIS CASTLE IN THE AIR Modern house built in odd location on hillside in Los Angeles

Temple of the Scottish Rite

New York Buildings

Chrysler Building on Sunny Day

Statue of Chen Yi (Former Mayor of Shanghai) - Bund Area

Upscale Urban Dwellings

Fairly Upscale Homes

Jinjiang Hotel 1929 - French Concession Area

Historic Home

ROYAL SOVEREIGN LIGHT TOWER Royal Sovereign lightship is replaced by Royal Sovereign light tower.

Detail - Carnegie Hall, night

Arichitecture

Flatiron Building

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE RUNS INTO TROUBLE Demonstration march supporting the Sydney Opera House architect who was made to resign

HOUSES TO RUSSIA Two American architects meet to look at blueprints in California.

Yu Yuan Gardens - Tea Houses

AUSSIES PREPARE FOR OLYMPIC Giant new sporting arenas being built in Melbourne for 1956 Olympic.

ROYAL SOVEREIGN LIGHT TOWER Royal Sovereign lightship is replaced by Royal Sovereign light tower.

Peace Hotel 1920's Art Deco - Bund Area

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

REDEVELOPMENT IN WHITEHALL Model of proposed redevelopment and footage of Westminster / Whitehall area.

Upscale Urban Dwellings

GOTHIC A PARIS CAMEO Views of the architecture and statues of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Temple of Heaven

Blueprints

RECONSTRUCTION OF A WAR DAMAGED BRIDGE IN VERONA

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR OF 1940 Finishing Touches are put to the American Exhibit at the World's Fair - a Model of a Future City

THE SPHERICAL HOUSE Spherical house in built in Germany.

BLOWING UP BUILDINGS A building is demolished to make way for new cultural centre.

New Orleans

CLEANING UP Cleaning Prince Albert Memorial

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Historic Houses in Alexandria

RECONSTRUCTION OF A WAR DAMAGED BRIDGE IN VERONA

Alexandria Residential Area

LONDON SKYLINE Good views of various striking chimneys around London

Guggenheim Museum

ODD HOME Self-Inflataing Houses

SKYSCRAPER IN MILAN Various shots of a new skyscraper in Milan including aerial shots.

MODEL OF NEW LIVERPOOL Views of the Mersey and then of the model for the planned new city centre

ROYAL SOVEREIGN LIGHT TOWER Royal Sovereign lightship is replaced by Royal Sovereign light tower.

Architecture Design Class at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

Urban Planning Building - Renmin Square

Rockefeller Center

MODEL MAKING A firm of model makers work on large projects including a mock up of the Port of Mina-Al-Ahmadi

Historic Houses in Alexandria

UNIVERSITY ACCLAIMS QUEEN MOTHER The Queen Mother receives an Honorary Degree and opens the University Arts Tower.

Post WWII Public Housing

NEW DEVELOPMENT OF ST. KATHERINES DOCKS Model of proposed development of St Katherine's Docks and footage of the area in 1969.

Historic Houses in Alexandria

MODEL OF OLD LONDON BRIDGE - LONDON MUSEUM

LONDON'S NEW BUILDINGS Various shots of modern office buildings in various stages of design and construction.

Alexandria Residential Area

Older Building and Gargoyles