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Record information – Brief A Place to Live
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1941Item number (ISN):339924Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: 1976-1979Accession:1977-0207Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1941Production company:Documentary Film Production Inc.Production credit:director/producer, Irving Lerner; scenario, Muriel Rukeyser; photography, Roger Barlow; music, David DiamondCast credit:Frieda N. Blank, William Kesserling, William WattsDescription:A semi-dramatized document on slum housing in Philadelphia. A filmed essay on slum living, exposing social conditions characterized by the lack of hygiene, the lack of town planning, overspending on looks and underspending on needs. A look at urban renewal follows, and at subsidized housing developments. Noteworthy sequences: a boy tries to kill a rat with a stone in an alley; old colonial architecture; monuments and historical buildings; and the Richard Allen Hamer housing development.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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