Housing Problems (1950-1959)

This is Pinewood Stock Cans material. London. Various shots of the bomb sites in London - presumably showing the need for the new housing. Various shots of residential areas around London. More shots of the bomb sites. Various elevated long shots over Crisp Street market (in Poplar in London’s East End), bomb sites, residential areas etc. Long shot of an estate, pan along wide area of flat land around. Various shots of the streets, people walking along, cars and lorries driving past etc. More shots of the residential areas, needing improvement. Long line of houses with railway tracks in foreground. Trains passing - noise and pollution must be terrible. Also, a factory in background. More shots of bad looking houses. Good shot of washing on line at one of the windows being covered in smoke as train moves past. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.