Mass Bricklaying In Birmingham (1938)

Birmingham, West Midlands. Various shots at a building site of a new babies’ block that is being added to the childrens’ hospital at Edgbaston. Children queue up at a table and hand over a guinea for a brick that they can lay themselves in the new building. Children are also seen marking their initial on their bricks with chalk. 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 content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.