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Abolish All Slums 1930
Description
Somers Town, London.
Full titles read: "ABOLISH ALL SLUMS - Lord Monk Bretton - Chairman of L.C.C. - inaugurates demolition of great slum area, on which will arise miniature Garden City costing £130,000."
High angle shot of Lord Bretton giving speech to crowd of people (It looks like...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 18788
- Sort Number:
- G 1680
- Time in/Out:
- 01:40:27:00 / 01:42:07:00
- Canister:
- G 1680
- Film ID:
- 814.25
- Issue Date:
- 27/01/1930
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