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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 6 - shots of modern council housing

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GHL2603605
Video title
Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 6 - shots of modern council housing
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Location
London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
Date
1967 AD (C20th AD)
Video description

Clip from a documentary type account of the slums of London and the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council since 1965 in slum clearance and building and its plans up to 1971. Surveys opinions of tenants rehoused on GLC estates as to their new houses and surroundings, both inside and outside London. Gives an account of the transferring of old houses for new estates from the people who live in them and provides both sides of the debate about the new council housing schemes. Interviewees talk about the how difficult it is to buy a house in LondonCommissioned by the Greater London Council, made by Chess Valley Films, it includes a commentary by Michael Aspel. Shots of council estate blocks and town houses.

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© London Metropolitan Archives / Bridgeman Images
Video keywords
20th century / United Kingdom / Europe / old person / 20th century / city / tower block / female / home / women / council estate / sixties / flats / river / houses / 60s / european / council blocks / renovation / blocks / color / ladders / england / block / georgian houses / sound / 16mm / british / canal / modern / town houses / council housing / woman / architecture / residential / painter decorator / house / old lady / london / footage / council estates / ladder / united kingdom / colour / housing / europe / english / 1967 / c20 / audio / video / clip
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Largest available format 720 × 576 px 1,021 MB
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