Slum Clearance - New York 1938

Star Item

Description

Soundtrack is currently missing for this item.

New York, United States of America.

Various shots of slum housing being demolished in New York. Mayor La Guardia sits in a bulldozer and pulls a lever to start off the demolition project that will make way for new and better homes. Flimsy,...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
20544
Sort Number:
38/062
Time in/Out:
01:21:51:00 / 01:22:51:00
Canister:
38/62
Film ID:
1037.19
Issue Date:
04/08/1938

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide

"Much Done, But More Remains!"

Sir Hilton Young, Minister of Health, visits Bristol and talks to people about slum clearance.

Slum Clearance In Johannesburg

Slum Clearance In Johannesburg

Impoverished black township - Prospect Town - cleared to make way for railway goods yard.

Slum Clearance In New York

Slum Clearance In New York

Slum building is cleared by a pendulum on a crane in New York.

New Housing Schemes For Africans In Rhodesia

New Housing Schemes For Africans In Rhodesia

Slum clearance in Rhodesia as many poor Africans are given modern homes. Good

Slum Clearance

Slum Clearance

Very good stock shot material of demolition of terraced housing in inner city area.

Dockland Settlement Titles

Dockland Settlement Titles

Titles regarding the expansion of Dockland Settlement at Canning Town, London.

Slum Clearance In Us

Slum Clearance In Us

Ellen Wilkinson speaks on slums - sadly mute.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
Animals are often the forgotten army of World War I. They displayed unwavering courage even when exposed to extreme conditions. British Pathé pay tribute to these forgotten warriors.
WW1animals
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
LULU'S WEDDING
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
British Pathé filmed the 20th Century's biggest names, some of them before they even became famous. Click through and guess who these soon-to-be celebrities were when first captured by our cameras.
 Before_Famous
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.Take a look at some of the more unusual but ingenious ideas that people have had to beat the traffic.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler