The Row about Rents

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1782

Date Released

29 Jul 1963

Date submitted

24 Jul 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Test Ban at Last
2. 2Freeman Stan!
3. 3Be Quiet!
4. 4Aqua-Tracta!
5. 5The Row about Rents

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Row About Rents. DESCRIPTION: The debate in the House and the appointment of a Government Committee have put a boot firmly in the door of the property parasites. We went along to hear from some of the tenants about conditions in a part of London hard hit by these rent racketeers. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV street in Paddington area. CU zoom in street sign St Stephen’s Gardens. GV pan street. CU pan up pillar to balcony (in bad condition). LS zoom in man entering door of house. CU pan down house in bad condition. CU pan down from street level to basement. CU pan another. CU pan down to children sitting in street. GV pan up corner house in street. CU pan basement of house. MS pan down another house in bad condition. MS rag and bone cart outside house.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Social conditions

Locations

London; Paddington

Card file number

86974

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

185

Story extras:

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