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Where the Houses Used to Be (Original title)Communities: Where the Houses Used to Be (Alternative title)
Date: 29 June 1971 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Carlos Pasini

Synopsis: Looks at the people living in a vast housing estate in Wandsworth, London.Synopsis: A look at the people living in a vast new housing estate in London's Wandsworth, which compresses 7,000 people into 28 blocks of flats and provides better facilities for automobiles than for children. The estate appears to be the Doddington and Rollo estate, off Battersea Park Road.

Genre:
Documentary

Subjects:
Housing estates, Wandsworth, Battersea, Flats, Community life

Series title:
Report
TV Transmissions
Date: 29 June 1971Broadcast company: Thames TelevisionCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:30-23:30Slot duration: 60 minsLocal - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 29 June 1971not specified

Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(12)

Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-442925
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request


Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-442925-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request



Digital materials(7)
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-442816
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-442816-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: MKVDuration: 00:48:40 minutesFFV1 v3 - BFI identifier: N-3712228
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-442871
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-442925
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request


Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-442871-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file


Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-442925-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request



Video materials(2)
Description: 2-inch QuadruplexLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 1971-06-29BFI identifier: C-906926
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 48.4 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1205080
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape



Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 1828 FeetBFI identifier: C-193056
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication


Description: 16mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 1828 FeetBFI identifier: C-193058
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 16mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 1828 FeetBFI identifier: C-193057
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film