Street Fire Starts Slum Cleansing

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

87

Date Released

2 Feb 1931

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1See Motor Police at Work
2. 2General Jan Smuts Appeals for Peace
3. 3Plane Deliberately Crashed at Sea
4. 4Letting the Cat Out of the Bag
5. 5Winter "Sailors" Get a Skate On
6. 6Street Fire Starts Slum Cleansing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Street Fire Starts Slum Cleansing. DESCRIPTION: General Sir Ian Hamilton blazes the trail to better housing conditions in Somers Town. SHOTLIST: Sir Ian speaking to audience. Piles of wood being burnt.

Keywords

Social conditions; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1037

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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