Slum Clearance - New York (1938)

Soundtrack is currently missing for this item. New York, United States of America. Various shots of slum housing being demolished in New York. Mayor La Guardia sits in a bulldozer and pulls a lever to start off the demolition project that will make way for new and better homes. Flimsy, rotten walls of houses are pushed and pulled down by men with ropes. A crowd of people watch as a large concrete ball on a chain is swung around to knock down a building - it looks like a church. 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 Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews