Better Housing News Flashes (No. 7) (1935)
1935 · Ephemeral film · 4 min
Synopsis
Theatrical short subject, newsreel-style, promoting the benefits of the National Housing Act for homebuilders, remodelers and would-be homeowners.
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Details
- Running time
- 4 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- New Deal: Housing
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Need a house? · Spuzz · 2003-01-16
Back in 1935, and when homes cost 25.62 a month in mortgage, this film was made to entice home builders and buyers to stimulate the housing market from the doldrums the past 5 years, Part 1 deals with the sudden increase in building, and how it helps joe worker, who might not have worked in years. Part 2 is signifigantly more interesting, We follow a recently married couple as they look in on a model home. They're all marvelling over the nice fixtures and furniture (maybe I'm wrong, but was the furniture included in the house price in those days? Because the couple seemed to fall in love with…
★★★ · Better Housing News Flashes · Christine Hennig · 2003-07-28
A couple of short, government-sponsored newsreel clips showing how the New Deal is creating more housing and more jobs in building new houses. Construction workers are put back to work building new houses as part of a government-sponsored program, and a middle-class couple inspects a model home, now made affordable by National Housing Administration mortgages. The first scene is pretty standard, and the second is mildly cute. A fun little piece of 30s history. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: **. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.