Clearing The Slums (1935)

Full title reads: "Clearing the Slums - Sir Hilton Young, Minister for Health, makes tour of inspection at Wandsworth".
London.
M/S of Sir Hilton and group of dignitaries walking down streets of terraced houses. They stop to look at some houses being demolished - they have been condemned as unfit slums.
Natural sound. Sir Young gives speech - he is pleased with campaign to clear slums in Wandsworth, he turns to Wandsworth Borough representative. The representative explains nearly half of the borough's slum areas have been demolished to make way for new housing.
Sir Young states that the government intends to rehouse 1,300,000 people. He turns to another dignitary in group, Jeffrey Shakespeare, MP for Norwich. Mr. Shakespeare explains this number of people is equivalent to entire population of Norwich, plus several other large towns put together.
FILM ID:807.34
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[@David-uf8ex]

Clearing slums to build high rise slums

[@heinkle1]

Such a great social history resource

[@StarskyBuba]

I would much have rather lived in the houses that they are knocking down than the crap that was built in their place.

[@David-uf8ex]

Exactly

[@Patrick3183]

Randomly shoving walls over

[@franceskronenwett3539]

No safety rules in those days.

[@evigrove]

Flat cap safety hats.

[@bettyprice6316]

All that dust in their lungs.

[@lulusmith4877]

The governments of the day didnt give a damn about ppl living in these awful dumps 😮