HOUSING SOCIETIES [Main Title]

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  • Title: HOUSING SOCIETIES [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 4357
  • Other titles: MATTHEW NATHAN AMATEUR FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A film detailing the housing improvement work carried out by Housing Societies throughout Britain and promoting the achievements of the National Federation of Housing Societies in the 1930s.
  • Description: "Housing Societies" "Produced for the National Federation of Housing Societies by Matthew Nathan F.R.P.S." "What are Housing Societies?" Inter-titles explain. Scenes of slum conditions. Grubby children in the street. A shot of a slum in a village. "The Isle of Dogs Housing Society Ltd " New housing in the heart of docklands. A man tends the garden in front of the flats, children play in the yard, washing is hung out and neighbours chat. "The Islington and Finsbury Housing Association Ltd" Shots of the new flats built to replace slums in the congested borough. A man tends the flower beds. Exterior shot of Princess Alice House, part of the Kensington Housing Trust Ltd. "Church Army Housing Limited" Exterior shot of one of the Trust's properties at Mitcham. The Great Western (London) Garden Village Society Ltd's housing in Acton and Hayes. Shots of the houses and gardens, neighbours and two railway workers ? off to work. "End of Part 1" "Housing Societies. Part 2" "The Bristol Churches Tenements Association Ltd" A row of cottages before and after reconditioning. Houses on Chapter Street. Neighbours chatting. "The Welsh Town-Planning and Housing Trust Ltd" Garden villages in Rhiwbina. "Hereford Co-operative Housing Ltd". A tenants social gathering. "Salford Housing Ltd" Salford Brow Flats. "End of Part 2" "Housing Societies. Part 3" "The Edinburgh Housing Association Ltd". Sighthill Gardens near Edinburgh. "Stirling". Shot of the castle and slums. "The Thistle Property Trust Ltd". Examples of properties reconditioned by the Trust. "Newcastle-upon-Tyne Housing Improvement Trust Ltd". Different types of converted properties in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, including some detailed interior shots. Mothers' Rest near Newcastle where the trust provides holidays for working-class mothers and children. Nurses look after and play with the children in the garden and playroom. The women sit down to a meal then relax reading magazines by the fire. "Square Building Trust Ltd" A nursery school built by the Trust at North Shields. General scenes of Halifax. "Housing Improvements (Halifax) Ltd". Flats for single, working-class women, shots of interiors and exteriors. "The Cambridge Housing Society Ltd". Housing for young couples. "Workers Ltd" in the Malvern Hills. Bungalow flats for women workers. Some of the women feed the horses in the field in front of the properties. Shot of a woman reading in her bungalow. The film ends with a succession of inter-titles extolling the benefits and advantages of housing societies, followed by shots of the Federation's President Sir Reginald Rowe, Lady Pentland (Vice-President) and Mr Ronald Chamberlain (Secretary of the National Federation). Lord Balfour of Burleigh (Vice-President) with Alderman A T Pike, OBE, JP (Hon. Consultant to the Federation). "The End"
  • Alternative Title: MATTHEW NATHAN AMATEUR FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: MGH 4357
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 4357)
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  • Production Date: 1939
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: National Federation of Housing Societies (Production sponsor) Nathan, Matthew L (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 601 ft; Running time: 26 mins (at 16 fps)
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