Classic Affordable & Public Housing Films DVD: 1930s – 1940s Affordable Home & House Building & Construction, Home Buying, Veteran & Military Housing Crisis, & Low Income Community Housing Development & Projects History Pictures Films
- Table Of Contents: (1) Better Housing (1935) – 4 Minutes
- (2) Housing in Chile: One Government’s Plan to Provide Better Homes (1943) – 18 Minutes
- (3) Problems of Housing (1944) – 11 Minutes
- (4) Homes for Veterans (1946) – 26 Minutes
- (5) A Place to Live (1948) – 16 Minutes (6) For the Living (1949) – 21 Minutes
Product DescriptionThis compilation features films about the housing industry and public housing programs. The films explore a variety of American and Chilean housing problems, ranging from inadequate housing for WWII veterans and the poor to the post-WWI housing boom. Table Of Contents: (1) Better Housing (1935) – This housing propaganda piece explores the work and benefits of the National Housing Act which was part of The New Deal – 4 Minutes (2) Housing in Chile: One Government’s P. . . More >>
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. . . of documentary and propaganda films about housing issues during the 1930s and 1940s. No doubt rescued from some dusty archives somewhere, these films show the views and concerns about housing 60 and 70 years ago.
Titles include:
1: Better Housing, 1935, on the New Deal’s National Housing Act, 4 min.
2: Housing in Chile: One Government’s Plan to Provide Better Homes, 1943, on housing the poor in Santiago, Chile, 18 min.
3: Problems of Housing, 1944, about technical housing issues, 10 min.
4: Homes for Veterans, 1946, on housing issues of war veterans, 26 min.
5: A Place to Live, 1948, on post WWII housing for the elderly, 16 min.
6: For the Living, 1949, about public housing in New York City; 21 min.
Definitely for a specialized audience, this DVD could be put to good use in history or urban history classes.
Rating: 5 / 5