Barbican 1969, clip 6 - military band, city workers in alleyways, Beefeater, women in mini...

Clip 6 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. Shots include pleasant garden square, military band playing near St Paul's Cathedral, city workers in alleyways and courtyards, Simpson's Tavern, bowler hats and top hats, Beefeater at the Tower of London, women in fashionable mini skirts. 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.