Cities: How They Grow (Second Edition) (1952)
1952 · Ephemeral film · 9 min
Synopsis
A study of our increasing urban population. Departing from the usual statistics and the sociological problems which are a result of the cities' growth, we learn that by observing what the workers of the city do, we can find out why the city grew. A CITY IS DEFINED & AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO SHOW THAT IT CONSISTS OF 2 KINDS OF PEOPLE - "BUILDERS" & "FILLERS". ASPECTS OF GREAT CITIES SHOWN; WHY CITIES DIE & ARE KNOWN AS "GHOST TOWNS". Many stock shots that need
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- Running time
- 9 minutes
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- Prelinger Archives
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★★★★★ · Questions about copyright · NineRiver · 2020-05-07
Hi, I am a producer of the experimental film written and directed by Taiwanese director. The film is completely independent and entirely self-funded. It is in post-production now and we are hoping to use some of this clip. We would like to check with you if it is free of charge to use this particular footage in our film considering that we will send it to film festivals and it is likely the film will be shown on the big screen. Or if you are not the right party to check, would you be able to point a direction on this? Looking forward to hearing from you. Many thanks in advance. RJ
★★★★ · Cities are nice places to live! · Spuzz · 2016-01-30
Nice overview of what makes a city grow (using easy to follow maps) and the consquences of having a city grow too fast (featuring a great mob fight scene). The film seems actually quite balanced, which is nice for a change as usually films like this are preoccupied with urban sprawl. Mind you this is probably the mid 50's we're talking about though, and some of the major problems had yet to rear it's ugly head. But still this seemed to have a nice rosy hopeful end.