New-Style Housing! (1939)

Titles read: “NEW-STYLE HOUSING!“ Hammond, Indiana, United States of America. Various shots of houses under construction and near completion at a new estate as part of a new scheme to help reduce the cost of housing. Homeowners are seen doing their own paint work, laying floorboards and fitting sinks in their new cottages that will replace old two-storey tenement buildings. A man and woman hang wallpaper. By doing this work themselves, the owners are reducing the cost of their mortgage payments. Several shots of finished houses, each with its own garden. People tend their flower beds while children play with a ball. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies G