Development Areas (Original title)
Date: 1947 (Copyright)Country: United Kingdom
Shotlist: DOCUMENTARY. A survey of the depressed areas of the 1930s, concentrating on those in the N.E. of England. Rl.1 Industrial South Wales, N.E. England - the river Tyne, Durham and S.W. Scotland - the Clyde, Renfrew and Dunbarton. Map of Britain showing development areas. Coal in trucks, steel being made, docks, ships, whilst commentary gives production statistics on the coal, steel and shipping industries. The situation after World War I is explained. A map shows the unemployment areas. The N.E. area is taken as an example - shots of railway yards, steam engines, pits, factories and shipyards closed down, decaying tenement houses, families searching for coal on slag heaps, men standing idle on the streets. Depression also hits the United States - people in food queues, Franklin Roosevelt making his speech as elected President. Unemployed men standing on streets in Germany. Hitler is elected Chancellor. In England, during the 1930s hunger marches are held. The Jarrow petition marching to London. Closed-down factories and shipyards. Social services are set up - men playing dominoes at a club, mending shoes, looking after smallholds (935 ft). Rl.2 Stockton-on-Tees. The building where the first railway was planned. The Mayor and councillors meet with industrialists to persuade them to build new factories. Factories being built, men going back to work. World War II breaks out; men return to work in munitions factories. Aeroplanes and battleships. Workmen discuss whether a slump would follow World War II. In 1945, the Distribution of Industry Act became law. Westminster - commentary explains the powers given to the Board of Trade. The planning room at the Board of Trade. Licences are granted to industrialists to build where unemployed labour exists. New factories, some of which are designed to employ the war-disabled. Existing buildings are converted into factories. Munition factories are converted. Final shots of smoking factories, machines in use and men at work (1854 ft).
Subjects: North East England, 1930s, Great depression, Unemployment, Industries, trades and crafts, Board of Trade
Series title:
Releases
Date: June 1947Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 20 mins Length: 1832 Feet
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v14 n162 June 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2092 5 Jun 1947
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2092 5 Jun 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v68 n5500 3 Jun 1947
Title: [Today's Cinema - v68 n5500 3 Jun 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 118
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(17)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-41546
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Description: PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-41549
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Description: 16mm BFI identifier: C-41533
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41534
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1868 FeetBFI identifier: C-41535
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-41546
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-41540
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Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 2050 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41541
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 2050 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41543
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41544
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 911 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-41545
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1050 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-41547
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating Lavender BW Negative and PositiveBase: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-41538
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-41539
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-41536
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Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-41537
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 2050 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41542
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Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 2050 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41548
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1947 (Copyright)Country: United Kingdom
Shotlist: DOCUMENTARY. A survey of the depressed areas of the 1930s, concentrating on those in the N.E. of England. Rl.1 Industrial South Wales, N.E. England - the river Tyne, Durham and S.W. Scotland - the Clyde, Renfrew and Dunbarton. Map of Britain showing development areas. Coal in trucks, steel being made, docks, ships, whilst commentary gives production statistics on the coal, steel and shipping industries. The situation after World War I is explained. A map shows the unemployment areas. The N.E. area is taken as an example - shots of railway yards, steam engines, pits, factories and shipyards closed down, decaying tenement houses, families searching for coal on slag heaps, men standing idle on the streets. Depression also hits the United States - people in food queues, Franklin Roosevelt making his speech as elected President. Unemployed men standing on streets in Germany. Hitler is elected Chancellor. In England, during the 1930s hunger marches are held. The Jarrow petition marching to London. Closed-down factories and shipyards. Social services are set up - men playing dominoes at a club, mending shoes, looking after smallholds (935 ft). Rl.2 Stockton-on-Tees. The building where the first railway was planned. The Mayor and councillors meet with industrialists to persuade them to build new factories. Factories being built, men going back to work. World War II breaks out; men return to work in munitions factories. Aeroplanes and battleships. Workmen discuss whether a slump would follow World War II. In 1945, the Distribution of Industry Act became law. Westminster - commentary explains the powers given to the Board of Trade. The planning room at the Board of Trade. Licences are granted to industrialists to build where unemployed labour exists. New factories, some of which are designed to employ the war-disabled. Existing buildings are converted into factories. Munition factories are converted. Final shots of smoking factories, machines in use and men at work (1854 ft).
Subjects: North East England, 1930s, Great depression, Unemployment, Industries, trades and crafts, Board of Trade
Series title:
Releases
Date: June 1947Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 20 mins Length: 1832 Feet
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Production Company: This Modern Age Ltd.
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(4)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v14 n162 June 1947 Page: 87Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v14 n162 June 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2092 5 Jun 1947
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2092 5 Jun 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v68 n5500 3 Jun 1947
Title: [Today's Cinema - v68 n5500 3 Jun 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 118
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(17)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-41546
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(17)
Description: PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-41549
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm BFI identifier: C-41533
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41534
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1868 FeetBFI identifier: C-41535
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-41546
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-41540
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 2050 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41541
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 2050 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41543
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41544
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 911 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-41545
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1050 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-41547
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating Lavender BW Negative and PositiveBase: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-41538
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-41539
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-41536
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 1851 FeetStock date: 1980BFI identifier: C-41537
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 2050 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41542
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 2050 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-41548
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film