Barbican 1969, clip 1 - Empty London streets, boy cycles around Barbican site, 1969

Clip 1 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. The focus of the film is to explain how the new scheme will 'bring life back into the heart of the City'. The film explains that the City (the Square Mile) is no longer a residential area and underlines the point by showing empty streets at the weekend. The new Barbican development scheme is introduced and the viewer is invited to explore interiors of the new flats. Shots include the London cityscape, the Barbican site during building work, boy cycling around the Barbican site, POV shots from bike,