“Slums Are A Disgrace!“ (1933)

Full title reads: “Shoreditch. ’Slums are a disgrace!’ (The Prince of Wales) Dame Sybil Thorndike lays foundation stone of model flats for working classes.“ Shoreditch, London. Dame Sybil Thorndike, along with local civic dignitaries, arrives at ceremony to lay foundation stone. She gives the stone a couple of taps with a mallet. She then says a few words about housing conditions for working people . 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. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British