HOW TO ERECT THE AMERICAN PRE-FABRICATED HOUSE [Main Title]

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  • Title: HOW TO ERECT THE AMERICAN PRE-FABRICATED HOUSE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: UKY 708
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  • Summary: The putting together of pre-fabricated houses from America.
  • Description: Introductory film (eg of bomb damage, surveyors on bomb site) illustrates commentary's explanation of housing shortage caused by war: construction of temporary houses as a stop-gap measure (eg to meet needs of newlyweds) - 30,000 prefabricated houses from America on lend-lease scheme. Rest of this film shows all processes of construction, step by step from concrete foundation through to final coat of paint.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: UKY 708
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (UKY 708)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Works (Production sponsor) Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: buildings, British - residential: prefabricated house (object name) economics, international, United States/Britain: lend-lease scheme, pre-fabricated houses (object name) engineering, civil, British (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Running time: 20 mins
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    UKY 708

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