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From Back to Back to Bournville (1972 Film)

Director

Nigel E Haverly; Jennifer Tann

Subject

Architecture; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Traces the growth of Birmingham from the mid-18th to the early 20th centuries, the development of estates and the emergence of craft quarters in the town. Shows different types of working-class housing...

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300 Years of Housing (2002)

Subject

Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £65.00

This film provides a brief introduction to the evolution of UK housing over the last three hundred years. It replaces an earlier film ‘A Brief History of Housing’, which has now been discontinued. Using...

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Five per Cent and Philanthropy (1975 Film)

Director

Nigel E Heverly; Jennifer Tann

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Looks at the state of London’s housing in the early to mid-19th century and traces the efforts of Victorian philanthropists to provide improved dwellings. Housing was provided by Charitable Trusts, by City...

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Slum Housing (1967 Film)

Director

Ian MacFarlane

Producer

Barry Westwood

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Slums in the Gorbals, Glasgow. Apathy deriving from bad living conditions.

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Sir Samuel Hoare at New Housing Estate

Date released

19 Nov 1934

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

93

NoS ID

052180

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Neave Brown: Unique Housing Models (1999 Multimedia)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 40 min.; 24 slides. col., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Architect Neave Brown reflects on the period during which he worked for the London Borough of Camden and was selected to design and build the huge Alexandra Road housing estate, against enormous political...

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The Miners’ Housing Problem

Date released

24 Mar 1919

Series name

Scottish Moving Picture News

Issue no

114

NoS ID

157965

A dispassionate portrayal

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Precast Concrete Housing (1991)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 13 minutes), £29.38

Shows how pre-cast concrete has been widely used in the UK in many housing types, from two-storey to high-rise. Notes the difference between precast reinforced concrete (PRC) and large panel system (LPS)...

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News in Brief

Date released

29 Jun 1939

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

936

NoS ID

145131

Story no

9 / 11

Duke of Kent inspects new housing estates.

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Pets and Housing Laws (1985 Video)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 38 min., 1997 hire: £13.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Describes how people and politicians in the USA were persuaded to introduce regulations and laws that permit pets to be kept in ‘council’ housing, old people’s homes, nursing homes, etc. Describes how...

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