Big city

Duration: 0:12:00

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1944

Creator: gug

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Shows London's transportation system and the special problems which the largest city world presents in this respect. Shows various methods of transportation--transports, trains, busses, and subways., Uses St Louis, Missouri, as an example to show services performed by a big city, such as air and water purification, traffic control, health and safety programs, city planning and recreation facilities. Annual report to taxpayers, replacing a statistic-filled pamphlet explaining how tax dollars are spent. “Graphic, fluent and compact documentary” (New York Times). NOTE: Sixteen prints made for exhibitions in schools, civic organizations, and church groups.

Complete Record: , Uses St Louis, Missouri, as an example to show services performed by a big city, such as air and water purification, traffic control, health and safety programs, city planning and recreation facilities. Annual report to taxpayers, replacing a statistic-filled pamphlet explaining how tax dollars are spent. “Graphic, fluent and compact documentary” (New York Times). NOTE: Sixteen prints made for exhibitions in schools, civic organizations, and church groups.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.