City Planning Footage - WPA Film Library

City Planning

CALEDONIAN MARKET Redevelopment of Old Market

HAROLD WILSON IN MOSCOW FOR TALKS

PRINCESS MARGARET IN CUMBERNAULD Princess Margaret visits new town of Cumbernauld in Scotland.

SLUMS AND NEW FLATS Various shots of slum housing as a contrast to new houses.

IMPROVEMENTS IN CANNES AS FESTIVAL STARTS Views of Cannes new harbour, undercover car park and train pulling in.

MILTON KEYNES newly purpose built town of Milton Keynes.

NEW TOWN England's "New Towns" Relieve Crowding

HAROLD WILSON IN MOSCOW FOR TALKS

NEW HOMES IN NASH'S LONDON Part of Nash's Regents Park layout is replaced by St. Pancras housing estate.

CONDEMNED HOUSES IN KILBURN Condemned houses in Kilburn are set on fire by the Fire Brigade.

MODEL OF THE NEW HASTINGS Footage of a model of how Hastings will look in the future.

OLD KENT ROAD Travelling shot from vehicle going down Old Kent Road.

MILTON KEYNES newly purpose built town of Milton Keynes.

MILTON KEYNES Various shots of housing estates

BUILDING THE BOULEVARD HAUSSMANN Construction on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris

HOUSING CRISIS Britain's Housing Shortage

Building Demolition - Equipment

FROM SANPANS INTO FLATS Residents of houseboats are moved into blocks of flats in Hong Kong.

PROTEST AGAINST REDEVELOPMENT Protesters complain about plans to redevelop shops and houses in Chelsea.

GIFT OF ACTON TO MINISTRY OF PENSION Ceremonial service at Acton Park.

MILTON KEYNES newly purpose built town of Milton Keynes.

LIVERPOOL Footage of building blocks and council estates in Liverpool.

SCOTLAND'S NEW TOWN East Kilbride celebrates its 21st birthday with a big parade.

IDLE WHARVES AND TOWER BRIDGE Shots of Thames-side dereliction and regeneration

LONDON - WHITE CITY Footage of a new block of flats opened at White City in London.

PROTEST AGAINST REDEVELOPMENT Protesters complain about plans to redevelop shops and houses in Chelsea.

Building Demolition - Equipment

HOUSING CRISIS Britain's Housing Shortage

TREE PLANTING A grown tree is planted in an urban London street; we see how it is lifted from a forest and transported.

CHANGING FACE OF LONDON An item about modern buildings in London and a country holiday for shire horses.

THE CITY OF THE FUTURE Shots of London and New York are compared with sketches and models of a futuristic city.

The City

Water From Hudson: NYC To Use River For Emergencies

SOUTH BANK DEVELOPMENT Various shots of HMS Belfast and a model showing plans for the area where it is moored.

Aswan High Dam

Esplanade To Beautify Los Angeles

Angry Waters Hit Texas And Canada

Instant Rehabilitation

Modern Housing For Refugees

Japan Today

New Hollywood Tourist Attraction

Public Housing

Commercial slum area

Cities: Misc- skid row and slums

Transporting Trees

Persian Square

Small Town

New Home Construction - Subdivision

THE HOUSE THAT WASN'T - A FABLE OF TODAY Interesting film about a house facade that hides a railway cutting.

The Rebirth of a Nation

Abandoned Buildings

Abandoned Buildings - Outtakes

Titles Describing Dockland Settlement, c. 1920s

New Housing Opened c. 1920s

Opening of New Low-Rent Housing, 1920s

Venezuela's New Buildings

Subway Of Tomorrow

PICCADILLY CIRCUS DOUBLE DECK PLAN Piccadilly Circus Modernization Plan

INDOOR CITY Underground City in Montreal

Doctor Reed Shoots Wife

Akron Housing

Five County Transit

DESIGN FOR LIVING Modern houses to be built for the post war families.

Construction in London, Old Kent Road

WEST HAM SPEEDWAY CLOSES

BUS VILLAGE Various shots of bombed-out buses being used as emergency housing

REBUILT GERMAN VILLAGE Great new country houses in rebuilt German village.

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

LONDON'S FAIRY GODFATHER George Lansbury takes a tour of London parks which he aims to improve in various ways.

ABOLISH ALL SLUMS Lord Monk Bretton is at ceremony to mark the demolition of the site, Somers Town, London.

"MUCH DONE, BUT MORE REMAINS!" Sir Hilton Young, Minister of Health, visits Bristol and talks to people about slum clearance.

THE DUCHESS OF YORK Duchess of York opens new flats in St. Pancras, London. They are for low income families.

AGA KHAN AT WORK Aga Khan looks at beach site in Sardinia with plans to develop it into a holiday resort.

QUEEN IN SUSSEX The Queen visits Hove to open George Street Renovation Scheme and see greyhound stadium.

THEIR MAJESTIES IN POPLAR. Footage of new housing estate being built in Lansbury, London.

THE LAST PREFAB Scenes of the last prefabricated bungalow as the area around is demolished.

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

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD Interesting look at the new area of Hemel Hempstead when it must have seemed very modern and shiny.

FLATS IN QUICK TIME Block of high-rise flats assembled in 18 weeks in Manchester.

NEW BUILDINGS IN TASHKENT People rebuilding Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

SYDNEY HARBOUR BUILDING PROBLEMS Building problems around Sydney harbour.

MRS WATKINS WON'T BUDGE Henrietta Watkins stays put in her flat despite it being up for demolition. Paddington, London.

NEW HOMES IN NASH'S LONDON Part of Nash's Regents Park layout is replaced by St. Pancras housing estate.

VENEZUELA PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT CLEARING SLUMS - CARACAS Modern blocks of flats, statue commemorating events, people loading belongings onto lorry.

DUKE AT HARLOW NEW TOWN Prince Philip visits industry and housing in New Town development.

LONDON'S FIRST FACTORY TOWN Work continues on Harlow New Town - A satellite town for London.

Pathe Front Page.

Old House On Wheels Vs

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

ART ON A FENCE Children paint a mural on a large fence at the Lincoln Centre for Creative Arts in New York.

IL DUCE'S CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT Mussolini looks over the creation of a new city i

SLUM CLEARANCE IN JOHANNESBURG Impoverished black township - Prospect Town - cleared to make way for railway goods yard.

MARKET REPORT New plans for Convent garden are unveiled by Mr Charles Glover.

THIRD AIRPORT FOR LONDON New model for third London airport unveiled.

TUNNEL OR BRIDGE? Pathe shows both sides of the Tunnel or Bridge argument over crossing the English Channel.

CHANNEL ARGUMENT New Model of the Channel Tunnel Project is shown to journalists in London.

FAMOUS PARIS BOULEVARD COMPLETED President Doumergue opens Boulevard Haussmann.

Selected Original - THEIR MAJESTIES IN POPLAR. Material relating to newsreel story "Their Majesties in Poplar" - 50/91.

CLEANING ST. PAUL'S CROSS Cleaning of the cross on top of the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral.

BIXBY HILL Private Neighborhood

FLATS UP IN HALF TIME Using steel moulds contractors are able to reduce both, time and cost.

NEW ABBEY THEATRE Irish President lays foundation stone of new Abbey theatre - old destroyed by fire.

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

SWINGING LONDON Item which seems to say the swinging youth are responsible for mass demolition of old London buildings.

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

NICOLAE CEAUSESCU VISITS INDUSTRIAL AREA

LET US HERE REMEMBER ... TOO Governor-General of Australia lays foundation of W

PROPPED-UP SHOP (aka CRAZY HOUSE) Progress of a new tower block is halted by the stubborn owners of an old house in its way.

NEW MARKET SITE NINE ELMS Demolition works on new market site in London.

OLD BUILDINGS PRESERVED DURING MODERNISATION Modern housing apartments built on and around Budapest's Roman foundations.

CHANGING FACE OF SAN FRANCISCO Changes around city of San Francisco, USA.

OLD TOWN FACE LIFT (aka HEMEL HEMPSTEAD NEW TOWN) Hemel Hempstead gets a facelift - the old meets the new.

NEW TOWN Wonderful footage of new town Stevenage.

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.

NEW LONDON MODEL Architects discuss ideas for redeveloping London

NEW TOWNS

NEW TOWNS--"THE CITY"

NEW TOWNS

NEW TOWNS--"THE CITY"

NEW TOWNS

NEW TOWNS--"THE CITY"

MUSSLINI INSPECTS BUILDING SITE Mussolini inspects an ancient site in Rome.

Edgewater Plan

Decision for a City

Italian Restoration after World War II

Perk News

CMHA HUD Hearing

Cities: Living in a Machine

Habitat 2000: Human Scale Cities

Chicago Fire: Chicago Gets Revenge on Mrs. O'Leary

POST BOX PAINTING Mr West smiles as he wanders London painting pillar boxes red.

TOWN PLANNING (aka TOWN HAS POST WAR PLAN) Newcastle-under-Lyme reveals its plans to build many new houses after the war.

Venezuela's City of Tomorrow

THE GREAT CRUSADE Reel 1 Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation.

THE GREAT CRUSADE Reel 2 Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation

THE GREAT CRUSADE Reel 1 Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation.

THE GREAT CRUSADE Reel 2 Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in nice suburban accommodation

City Planning

NEW HOME FOR PEOPLE IN HONG KONG A modern housing estate under construction, completed and occupied by families.

SLUMS AND NEW FLATS Various shots of slum housing as a contrast to new houses.

HEERLEN HOLLAND Dutch Apartments and Office Buildings

DEMOLISHING HOUSES housing being pulled down

OLD KENT ROAD Travelling shot from vehicle going down Old Kent Road.

THAMESMEAD - WOOLWICH LONDON Various shots from Woolwich area of London.

BILL GRUNDY LOOKS AT AYLESBURY Suburban Overspill in Aylesbury

THE BARBICAN THEATRE Barbican Center Proposal

AERIAL VIEWS OF COUNTRY AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS

LONDON'S PROPOSED 3RD AIRPORT Rural Area Opposes Airport Plan

HOUSING PROBLEMS Northern England Workers' Housing. Industrial area and terraced housing.

HOUSING CRISIS Britain's Housing Shortage

Tokyo Gets Ready For Olympics

Demolition in London, Old Kent Road

MUSSLINI INSPECTS BUILDING SITE Mussolini inspects an ancient site in Rome.

Scale Model of Times Square

Bernard Baruch: Adviser To Presidents Is Dead At 94

Demolition in London, Old Kent Road

COLCHESTER Urban housing old and new

TRANSFORMING THE CAMARGUE TO HOLIDAY AREA The Camargue region of France is getting heavy investment to increase its tourist potential.

Surveying Street

HOUSING CRISIS Britain's Housing Shortage

NEW BUILDINGS IN CRAIOVA Shots of the ultra modern newly built buildings in the Rumanian town of Craiova.

DEMOLISHING HOUSES housing being pulled down

EXTRA ! ST KATHERINE'S DOCK Models show what the redeveloped St. Katherine's dock will look like in 1978.

HOUSING PROBLEMS Northern England Workers' Housing. Industrial area and terraced housing.

MARKET REPORT New plans for Convent garden are unveiled by Mr Charles Glover.

LIVERPOOL graffiti covered old brick walls

THE RAILPLANE Model of Monorail

VENEZUELA'S "UTOPIA" CITY Vast slum clearance has created a space for a new city to be erected.

SCENES AT OPENING Scenes at opening of Camperwell Model Hut.

HOUSING CRISIS Britain's Housing Shortage

LONDON - ATTLEE IN LAMBETH Mr and Mrs Attlee visit new housing estate in Lambeth.

LCC BUILDS WHERE HITLER BOMBED Progress on the "neighbourhood of St. Anne's" housing estate in Stepney.

PLASTIC BRICKS Plastic bricks are used to build houses.

NEW DEVELOPMENT IN SYDNEY Old Rocks area of Sydney is to be modernised.

PICCADILLY CIRCUS Model of Proposed Piccadilly Circus Redevelopment

WORLD'S END BUILDING PROJECT Construction of High Rise housing in Chelsea

CALEDONIAN MARKET Redevelopment of Old Market

AUSTRALIAN AIR FAIR Small Australian town of Cowra stages air fair to raise money for water sports facilities.

MARKET REPORT New plans for Convent garden are unveiled by Mr Charles Glover.

IDLE WHARVES AND TOWER BRIDGE Shots of Thames-side dereliction and regeneration

PARIS Images of the new and old Paris. Riverside Highway Helps Paris Traffic

AROUND LA MOUFFE ONE OF PARIS'S OLDEST BOROUGHS Life in French town of La Mouffe. Excellent quality throughout

HEERLEN HOLLAND Dutch Apartments and Office Buildings

IDLE WHARVES AND TOWER BRIDGE Shots of Thames-side dereliction and regeneration

MARKET REPORT New plans for Convent garden are unveiled by Mr Charles Glover.

SUNDERLAND Modern Shopping, Offices, High Rises at Sunderland

Ceremony for Proposed Worldway Postal Center

RAYMOND NEWELL Baritone Raymond Newell sings "London Will Rise Again".

Charlton Heston at Zoning Hearing

THAMESMEAD - WOOLWICH LONDON Various shots from Woolwich area of London.

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

MILTON KEYNES newly purpose built town of Milton Keynes.

Building Demolition - Equipment

LIVERPOOL Footage of building blocks and council estates in Liverpool.

Construction in London, Old Kent Road

MARKET REPORT New plans for Convent garden are unveiled by Mr Charles Glover.

PROTEST AGAINST REDEVELOPMENT Protesters complain about plans to redevelop shops and houses in Chelsea.

NEW MARKET SITE NINE ELMS Demolition works on new market site in London.

CALEDONIAN MARKET Redevelopment of Old Market

MILTON KEYNES newly purpose built town of Milton Keynes.

HOUSING PROBLEMS Northern England Workers' Housing. Industrial area and terraced housing.

Building Demolition - Equipment

REDEVELOPING GIBRALTAR

PARIS Images of the new and old Paris. Riverside Highway Helps Paris Traffic

SLUM CLEARANCE - NEW YORK Good shots of slum buildings being demolished in New York - Mayor La Guardia starts off the project.

SLUM CLEARANCE IN NEW YORK Slum building is cleared by a pendulum on a crane in New York.

EXTRA ! ST KATHERINE'S DOCK Models show what the redeveloped St. Katherine's dock will look like in 1978.

NEW TOWNS

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

THAMESMEAD - WOOLWICH LONDON Various shots from Woolwich area of London.

NICOLAE CEAUSESCU VISITS INDUSTRIAL AREA

PROTEST AGAINST REDEVELOPMENT Protesters complain about plans to redevelop shops and houses in Chelsea.

SOUTH BANK DEVELOPMENT Various shots of HMS Belfast and a model showing plans for the area where it is moored.

PROTEST AGAINST REDEVELOPMENT Protesters complain about plans to redevelop shops and houses in Chelsea.

HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOURS? ( aka MR BONAR LAW AT GUILDHALL ) Prime Minister Bonar Law launches the National Housing Bonds Campaign.

RONAN POINT FLATS CHANGED TO ELECTRICITY Council High-Rise Safety Measures

CLEARING THE SLUMS Sir Hilton Young, Minister for Health, inspects slum clearing project in Wandsworth.

REDEVELOPING GIBRALTAR

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

SCENES AT OPENING Scenes at opening of Camperwell Model Hut.

CLEANING UP IN WASHINGTON Children clean up overgrown areas of city of Washington.

Building Demolition - Equipment