Habitats Human Footage - WPA Film Library

Habitats Human

US MOUNTAINEERS MOVED ON (may also be known as MOUNTAIN DWELLERS MOVED TO LOWLANDS) Poor families from mountains rehoused in department of agriculture homestead

Fashion Parade.

Residential Street - Suburbia

Citizens Angry Over Town's Destruction.

ACTION SERIES, September 26, 1989 (1 of 2)

ACTION SERIES, September 26, 1989 (2 of 2)

GUERNSEY - ISLE OF VICTOR HUGO Lovely footage taken on a trip from Weymouth to Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

Band parade

Alaska

Mislimov Celebrates 163rd Birthday

BALKAN HOTCH POTCH Good shots of a Balkan village on the border of Hungary and the Russian Ukraine.

LUXURY FOR THE LITTLE MAN A new housing estate with a swimming pool and tennis courts is opened in Lambeth.

Modern Caveman: British Man Sets New World Record

Front Line Action - Marine Officer Reportds Battle With Vietcong

Village Homes

Peruvian Homes

CONTRAST IN TOWN AND COUNTRY LIFE Good shots of London streets contrasted with peaceful countryside scenes.

Mekong Delta

Brentwood Homes Collapse

News in Brief: Chile, 'Mother Of The World.'

News in Brief: Holland, Floating Corn Storage.

Christmas: Dreams Come True During This Season.

Zion: Treasure of the Gods - Cliff Dwellings

White Queen In Africa. Lady Ruth (Williams) Khama

New Home Construction - Subdivision

60 FAMILIES IN A FIELD Gypsies are evicted from field next to M1 motorway.

Primaries: Eisenhower - Kefauver Win In New Hampshire.

News in Brief: Global Existence.

25 Years Ago: The Great Depression

Nature On Rampage: Hurricane in East, Snow in Rockies.

Nostalgia: Memories Mean Riches to Emigrant's Village.

News in Brief: Venezuela's Radio City

Decorate With Liquor Labels

Furniture Removal Puzzles Authorities

Chinese Rebels Kill Merchants

WOMEN OF PERSIA (aka The Lure Of The East) Near Shiraz in Persia - various shots showing life of the nomad tribes of this region.

Hometown USA

Suburban Houses

In Tune With The Times (partial transfer)

ISRAEL SITUATION Life on a Kibbutz in war torn Israel.

WEST COAST OF IRELAND This travelogue item visits various rural and industrial locations in Ireland.

AND CHEAPER THAN STEEL Sir John Gilmour opens new housing scheme in Glasgow.

FLOATING VILLAGE families who live on old boats

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

ITS AN OLD ROMANY CUSTOM Romany Gipsies are forced to leave camp and move to modern houses - they are not happy.

LET THE GOOD WORK GO ON Old houses are to be demolished and new modern housing blocks are to be built at Euston area.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 44) harvesting hemp in Russia

I'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING - BLACKOUT TRAILER Trailer encouraging people to be vigilant about the blackout on gloomy winter's mornings.

THE FLAG BEARER Annual custom of flag swinging in an Austrian village.

NEWLYN FISHERMEN ARRIVE IN LONDON (aka WESTMINSTER BRIDGE) Cornish fishing trawler sails up Thames, bringing petition to Minister of Health from people of Newly

THE LAST OF THE GYPSIES MEETING Romany gypsies still camp at Epsom despite being banned from there

STONE-AGE MAKES COME BACK A man in Shelton, Connecticut makes a home for his family in a specially built cave.

OS KE NON TON Os-Ke-Non-Ton, hereditary chief of the Mohawk tribe, and now radio star, pitches his wigwam in the New Forest and entertains singing a love song

TO GREENLAND'S ICY MOUNTAINS NO. 2

MISS ISHBEL MACDONALD The daughter of the Prime Minister opens houses for 'the w

"SLUMS ARE A DISGRACE!" Dame Sybil Thorndike lays a foundation stone for new model flats in Shoreditch.

“SWEEP AWAY ALL SLUMS” Princess Alice opens flats that replaced slums in St. Pan

"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.

BISHOP OF LONDON The Bishop of London blesses a new block of flats at Somers Town.

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN MIDLANDS Prince of Wales visits Coventry.

MOROCCAN VILLAGE A look at the Moroccan village of Xauen, unchanged for hundreds of years.

WHERE MY CARAVAN IS RESTED Caravan families on a site at Rainham, Essex, are faced with an eviction order.

OPERATION MUSK OX IN ARCTIC Operation Musk Ox explores the Arctic region of Northern Canada.

CLOVELLY Scenic village of Clovelly where villagers use donkeys and sledges to climb steep lanes.

NEWS FLASHES - DUSTMAN TARZAN

U.S. VETERANS HOUSING PROJECT The U.S. Government builds homes for ex Servicemen at Dupont Park, Washington.

BIKINI ATOLL American army evacuates islanders from Bikini Atoll - to use the island for Atomic Bomb testing.

DIDCOT ATOM VILLAGE Interesting story about villagers of Didcot who are wary of new atomic research centre nearby.

RENTS RAISE PROTEST Stepney and St. Pancras tenants protest against rent increases.

BEAUTY OR STEEL? Cotswold residents protest against iron ore scheme which threatens to destroy countryside.

JORDAN REFUGEES Palestinian refugees in refugee camp in Jordan.

ST. JOHN'S WOOD FLATS People Wait in Overnight Line for Flats

SOMERSET VILLAGE A look at some of the trades in the picturesque villages of Somerset.

VILLAGE OBSERVATORY The sights and people of Thaxted, including a vicar with a telescope and observatory in the garden.

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

LACOCK ABBEY Portrait of the Lacock Abbey, one of the oldest and the most beauti

LICHFIELD - NEW STYLE HOUSES FOR RENTING Partly prefabricated low cost housing being built in Staffordshire.

COUNCIL HOUSES DE LUXE New style council houses are built for people in London's Canning Town.

MAKE MUCH OF YOUR NURSES New nurses home is opened near the London Hospital with lots of facilities.

MOBILE HOUSES Building prefabricated houses in Streatham - includes comic high speed sequence.

NOWHERE TO GO Caravan dwellers at Chertsey have eviction problems.

HOUSE OF TOMORROW Modern house on display - glass walls and latest gadgets.

TREETOP CHALET Couple who live on a riverside tree house

COACH BUNGALOWS Railway carriages being converted into bungalows - new homes.

HOMEMADE HOMES Residents of Ingrave Housing Estate at Brentwood create their own bungalows.

BUS HOUSE Mr. Layton converted double-decker bus for his family to live in.

WATER TOWER water tower in Suffolk that has been turned into a house

THE TOWN OF PAINTED DWELLING Nice footage of the painted murals on buildings of the pretty Bavarian town of Garmisch.

HONEYMOON VILLAGE Lord Clwyd opens a new housing estate with a wedding style ceremony.

MASSACHUSETTS HOBOES Police destroys homeless colony in Massachusetts.

ABBEY ART CENTER All sorts of artists gather at the Abbey Art Centre and Museum in New Barnet.

60 FAMILIES IN A FIELD Gypsies Evicted From M.1. Site Gv

TIBET THE MYSTERIOUS NO. 1 Excellent footage of the mountainous and spiritual region of Tibet, China.

IN THE LAND OF THE LAPPS Children of a Nomadic tribe in Lapland go to school in a tent and collect firewood.

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

ST. PATRICK'S COUNTRY Lovely footage of rural Northern Ireland as we see where St Patrick grew up.

THE BLACK FOREST A look at the beautiful countryside and villages around the area of the Black Forest.

ROBINSON CRUSOE UP TO DATE Families camping in tents on seashore near Folkestone.

THE CITY ON THE WYE - HEREFORD Nice scenic shots of the city of Hereford and surrounding areas.

GARDEN OF ENGLAND Nice scenic shots of the Kent countryside.

TOWN ON THE BORDER - LUDLOW item showing us round the town of Ludlow in Shropshire.

IN CONSTABLE'S COUNTRY Beautiful Suffolk scenery as we visit the old haunts of painter John Constable.

THE FARM OF MANY INDUSTRIES A co-operative farm in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, started by local rector Canon Andrews.

THE VOICE OF WALES Great footage of Tylorstown Male Voice Choir singing 'Men of Harlech' in their home town.

IN THE HEART OF ASIA A look at life in vast region of Turkestan and how life there is changing thanks to Soviets.

HOME OF THE VIKINGS We see the people of Stomo in the Faroe Islands then glaciers and hot springs in Iceland.

EAST OF SUEZ A brief look at life in Singapore and other areas 'east of Suez'.

THE WORLD'S LONELIEST ISLAND A visit to the secluded island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic.

LASSIES OF TUNGISKY The ladies of Tunguska, Siberia, sew deerskin to make clothes for the fur fair.

REAL "HUSTLING" Good shots of the building of the Olympic Village for the 1932 L

NEW-STYLE HOUSING New homeowners in America help to build their own houses to obtain lower mortgage rates.

ACRES OF PLENTY Farmers from the American Midwest go to California to work on Government Farm Camps.

A COPPER GOLD MINE Men at work at an open copper mine

NEW HOMES FOR THE BLITZED Croydon Corporation rehouses people who have lost everything in the Blitz. London.

BALLOON HOUSES Houses are quickly created by spraying cement over large balloons then deflating them. USA.

HENRY WALLACE VISITS PALESTINE Henry Wallace visits Palestine to study economic and agricultural conditions.

AMERICAN CONSUMER Housewife doing daily chores

CHILHAM Travelogue item about quaint village

TRAFFIC PROBLEM Traffic problems in London contrast with calm of country village.

BIXBY HILL Private Neighborhood

MODEL VILLAGE (aka TWIN TOWNS aka MINIATURE TOWN) The model town of Wimbourne Minster in Dorset, set next to the real thing!

GIBRALTAR (aka LAS PALMAS, aka LOS PALMAS) An item about a reservoir in the Gibraltar Rock and banana plantations in the Canaries.

NATIVE VILLAGE A tribe of Kikuyu Africans are seen at work in a Kenyan village.

HIPPY PROBLEM IN AMSTERDAM Good footage of hippies hanging out and sleeping at base of National Monument, Dam Square.

BANGKOK Scenes from Thailand

TUNISIA Scenes from Tunisia

JUST A LOVE NEST Great story about a house built between the branches of a tree - Tarzan and Jane (1928-style) explore it.

BUILDING ISRAELI SETTLEMENT Building a Kibbutz in Israel / Palestine.

RUMANIAN LUMBERJACKS AND THEIR HOMES

METH DRINKERS Five men smoking and drinking by the roadside.

HARLOW - ROYAL VISIT Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visit Harlow New Town.

BROADWAY VILLAGE A little travelogue of, yet another, "one of the most beautiful villages in England".

Housing Development

FISHING VILLAGE

Thornhill Crime Forbes

Upscale Urban Dwellings

Fire Victim

Weather

Paint Up! Clean Up! Blitz Today

News in Brief: Family Fallout Shelter

Stokes Tours Hough

Cities: Living in a Machine

Habitat 2000: Human Scale Cities

The Oceans: Living in Liquid Air

Street Scenes

Smog Hits L.A.: City Seeks Answers to Clouds of Fumes

ABBEY ART CENTER All sorts of artists gather at the Abbey Art Centre and Museum in New Barnet.

MOVING DAY large house that is literally transported down Delaware River

THE LEAPERS RETURN Salmon leap upriver at Romsey in Hampshire.

SHOWGIRLS" HOUSEBOAT London's Latin Quarter dancers helping a friend to redecorate her yacht - great pinup show.

Family Footage

THE KING OF JORDAN A day in the life of King Hussein of Jordan includes talking to a bishop and laying foundation stones.

EPPING ARABS A Bedouin family comes to England and camps out in Epping Forest which seems to cause a stir.

EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE IS OVER 90% SOUTH AFRICAN Various shots of the building of a house from almost entirely South African materials.

Small-Town Parade

LILLIPUT VILLAGE The village of Bourton-on-the-Water and an exact replica in miniature

THE ISLAND OF ST. KILDA Great early travelogue about the Island of St. Kilda in Scotland's Outer Hebrides.

CITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN (NO. 5) EDINBURGH (aka EDINBURGH - SCENES OF CITY AND SURROUNDINGS)

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 73) American university students live in wooden cabins to save money

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 53) A 'Midget Village' in France.

MR TUBIN GOES TO TOWN A look at life in the Tubin Republic, Turkistan, Russia.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 102) Hungarian writer in a caravan

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 7) A cave dwellings in Northern Hungary.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 5 Queer things the world over. African dwellings

News in Brief: Canada, Town Moves.

Family Footage

CENTENNIAL PARADE A parade through the streets

Chicago Is!

CARAVAN vicar and wife who live in a caravan

Housing development

A Fashionable Family at Home

Homeless In Paris - Housing Crisis

Canal Boats In Cold War

Snow in Texas

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME French couples move into Nissen Huts after their homes are destroyed

Life in various regions

Hong Kong Market

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

DOWNLAND VILLAGE Life in a small English village.

PETITION TO HM THE QUEEN Women of Newlyn send petition to Queen asking her to stop their cottages being demolished.

Back Alley

KENYA'S OLDEST CHIEF AT HOME : ABERDARE VILLAGE Various shots from Kenyan tribes. Excellent close-ups and good general footage.

METHS DRINKERS Shots of two drunks sitting insulting passers by and sinking their cheap booze.

Restaurants in Little Italy, NYC

BILL GRUNDY LOOKS AT AYLESBURY Suburban Overspill in Aylesbury

Little Italy, NYC

GYPSY PROBLEM Gypsies Conflict with Locals in Kent

City views

Bororo Women

Houses on Stilts

POV from car on suburban Street

Suburban Cove

Residential Street

Houses on hillside

JUNGLE SURVIVAL Jungle soldiers walk through the undergrowth then cook insects and crabs over a fire.

TOMMY GETS MOVING Tommy Steele moves from terrace house at Bermondsey to luxury house in Catford.

HIPPY PROBLEM IN AMSTERDAM Good footage of hippies hanging out and sleeping at base of National Monument, Dam Square.

TOMMY GETS MOVING Tommy Steele moves from terrace house at Bermondsey to luxury house in Catford.

AMERICAN CONSUMER Post War Americana, Suburbs.

GYPSY PROBLEM - MERTON Gypsy or Transient Families Living in Campers

RUSSIAN PEOPLE GREET TITO Tito continues his USSR tour - he visits a collective farm.

Fairly Upscale Homes

TV Commercials - Ad for Sakrete Concrete Mix.

Couple with Dog

Santiago, Chile

TOMMY GETS MOVING Tommy Steele moves from terrace house at Bermondsey to luxury house in Catford.

Japan - Scenery

Suburban Scene

WEST COAST OF IRELAND This travelogue item visits various rural and industrial locations in Ireland.

Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro B-Roll

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

Santiago, Chile

Trouble in the Cotton Belt - PT2

Apartment Balconies in Chinatown

IRANIAN GOAT HERDSMEN Nomadic Women in Iran Herding Goats & Spinning

Upscale Urban Dwellings

THE GREAT UNWANTED Red Cross provide help amid cramped conditions for thousands of refugees in Trieste

Fairly Upscale Homes

HONG KONG, CHINESE QUARTER Hilltop wooden shacks, men and women breaking up stones & market place.

Santiago, Chile

GYPSY PROBLEM - MERTON Gypsy or Transient Families Living in Campers

THEIR MAJESTIES IN HACKNEY Footage of the King and Queen visiting new housing estate in Hackney, London.

THE CITY OF A WEEK A pilgrimage to a tomb in Southern Palestine - footage of makeshift homes and the pilgrims.

MAJOR LONG AT SEA Major Long lives on P & O liner - he has his own cabin with his own furniture in.

JORDAN REFUGEES Palestinian refugees in refugee camp in Jordan.

Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx

TUNISIA Traditional village life desert in Tunisia.

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

NYC Residential Area

STATE POULTRY FARM Nice shots of a Soviet State run poultry farm. Lots of Ducks, Geese and chickens.

Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx

Lafayette Park

NEW MOTORWAY THROUGH WOODFORD Heavy Traffic in London Outskirts

Upscale Urban Dwellings

Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro B-Roll

Nice Older Buildings

Zion: Treasure of the Gods - Cliff Dwellings

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

DULWICH VILLAGE A look at Dulwich village near London.

CAMPING IN BARRELS - CZECHOSLOVAKIA Old giant Budvar beer barrels transformed into holiday homes in Czechoslovakia.

SIR CHRISTOPHER WRENS BIRTHPLACE A look at the beautiful Wiltshire countryside in and around where architect Sir Christopher Wren was born.

KING ALFRED'S COUNTRY Little travelogue introducing the land of King Alfred.

Housing Development

Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx

Upscale Urban Dwellings

ZAMBOANGA CITY Views of Zamboanga, stilt village and Philippino stick dance.

Upscale Urban Dwellings

Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx

LIFE ON A COLLECTIVE FARM Portrait of forewoman Fatima Kasimova, running the farm and celebrating her birthday.

Ford Mustang in the Burbs

IRANIAN GOAT HERDSMEN Nomadic Women in Iran Herding Goats & Spinning

Fairly Upscale Homes

NEW MOTORWAY THROUGH WOODFORD Heavy Traffic in London Outskirts

BANGKOK Scenes from Thailand

Lafayette Park

Japan - Scenery

TUNISIA Scenes from Tunisia

TUNIS Colour views around the old town of Tunis.

TUNISIA Traditional village life desert in Tunisia.

Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx

WEST COAST OF IRELAND This travelogue item visits various rural and industrial locations in Ireland.

SHERPAS START THE CLIMB Good footage of Sherpas, the native inhabitants of the Himalayas

COLCHESTER A look at the ancient town of Colchester in Essex.

PREFAB HOME - MRS CHURCHILL Prefabricated houses presented to public & inspected by Mrs Churchill.

FRENCH CAMEL UNITS HELP NOMADIC TRIBES French troops on camels help the nomadic tribes in the Sahara.

FRONTIER SCENES IN ISRAEL

PALESTINE TODAY - COLONISATION Good footage of Jews in Palestine building a new village.

UTILITY HOMECOMING Mrs Shea prepares her new prefabricated house for her husband's imminent homecoming.

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx

LIFE ON A COLLECTIVE FARM Portrait of forewoman Fatima Kasimova, running the farm and celebrating her birthday.

Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx

WEST COAST OF IRELAND This travelogue item visits various rural and industrial locations in Ireland.

Lafayette Park

Beer Can House

Slum neighborhood

Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx

LIFE ON A COLLECTIVE FARM Portrait of forewoman Fatima Kasimova, running the farm and celebrating her birthday.

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

MILTON KEYNES newly purpose built town of Milton Keynes.

New Home Construction

Townships of Cape Town - a glimpse at the city’s slums.

Upscale Urban Dwellings

Santiago, Chile

THEIR MAJESTIES TOUR LONDON HOUSING ESTATES King George VI and Queen Elizabeth take a tour around a London housing estate.

ARCHWAY 176 Arch 176 a club for Homeless people in London.

New Home Construction

CANBERRA - AUSTRALIAN HEADLINES Australian Minister of External Affairs Richard Casey is made a life peer. Canberra.

MILTON KEYNES newly purpose built town of Milton Keynes.

Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro B-Roll

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

Santiago, Chile

Various street & sidewalk scenes

WEST COAST OF IRELAND This travelogue item visits various rural and industrial locations in Ireland.

BEDOUIN CAMPS IN DESERT Bedouin encampment, on camels and donkeys, sheep, close ups of children and adults.

POLICE SWOOP ON SHANTY VILLAGES Nairobi 'hotbeds of Mau Mau activity' cleared

Uptown: Portrait of the South Bronx

Fishing Village Villagers Carry Things on Heads and Use African and Native Techniques

Woman Evicted From Requisitioned Nissen Hut.

Various street & sidewalk scenes

COUNTRY SCENE

Fishing Village Villagers Carry Things on Heads and Use African and Native Techniques

CARAVAN TOWN Caravan Park in Hertfordshire.

Various street & sidewalk scenes

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

SUBURBAN STREET Semi detached bay fronted possibly 1930s style suburban houses with garages.

Santiago, Chile

WEST COAST OF IRELAND This travelogue item visits various rural and industrial locations in Ireland.

Trailer Park

Santiago, Chile

WEST COAST OF IRELAND This travelogue item visits various rural and industrial locations in Ireland.

LONDON'S NOCTURNE A look at London in the moonlight.

LIFE ON A COLLECTIVE FARM Portrait of forewoman Fatima Kasimova, running the farm and celebrating her birthday.

NEW C-in-C OF THE ISRAELI ARMY Haim Laskov becomes new Commander-in-Chief of the Israeli Army.

Lafayette Park

WEST COAST OF IRELAND This travelogue item visits various rural and industrial locations in Ireland.

COCKINGTON VILLAGE A little film showing "the prettiest village in England".