Film Number

2586

Title

[HOUSING PEOPLE (RUSHES 8)]

Producer

Gerry Dow

Date

1990

Gauge

Beta

Colour

colour

Sound

sound/mute

Running Time

33 mins 46 secs

Description

Rushes for the promotional video - 'Housing People' ( see: 2582) produced for the North British Housing Association, explaining its corporate business plan, and illustrating examples of its work through the provision of housing schemes for tenants with special needs
Opens with examples of completed projects for sheltered housing: Bridgeman Street, Manchester; Penn Street and Ternhill Court , Bolton; Market Street, Kearsley; Aspinall Court, Horwich; Penwortham Court, Preston; Water Street, Chorley; Weaver Cottages, Chorley. Continues with shots of an elderly Asian woman and a postman. Features general office shots of typists, data entry and filing. Closes with interior and exterior shots of building sites, with bricklayers, And electrician, and a lino-cutter.