Down And Outs (1950-1959)

Pinewood Stock Can material. Various shots of a group of rough sleepers / vagrants / down and outs standing in a back street - some appear to be eating. The man in the foreground appears to be drunk. CU of one man who is talking to camera. VS of group, sitting inside old building - they all look fairly dirty and down at heel and some of them are enjoying a drink. MS of one man sleeping on the floor in front of the dying embers of a fire. Various shots of drunk looking men apparently arguing. Two of them come close to fighting. Most of the men are dressed in the remains of old suits and many of them are wearing flat caps. Various shots of members of the group talking. Some of the men try to take a bottle of drink from the one woman in the group. Cataloguer’s note - this is good material, but fairly depressing to watch - MD 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.