The living city

Duration: 0:25:00

Year Published: 1953

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica inc.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Surveys the need for redevelopment of American cities and the forces which have created problems in urban areas; describes obstacles which deter the elimination of blighted areas and tenements and the relief of traffic congestion. Includes scenes of St. Louis in 1890, and of present-day housing and building programs in Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh.

Complete Record: Surveys the need for redevelopment of American cities and the forces which have created problems in urban areas; describes obstacles which deter the elimination of blighted areas and tenements and the relief of traffic congestion. Includes scenes of St Louis in 1890, and of present-day housing and building programs in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkRqjOJA1DE

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5 users have this film:
Academic Film Archive of North America, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive, Library of Congress, Travel Film Archive

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