Film Number

2582

Title

[HOUSING PEOPLE (DEVELOPMENT VIDEO RE-EDIT) ]

Producer

Gerry Dow

Date

1992

Gauge

S-VHS

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

12 mins 40 secs

Description

The third edit of the promotional video - 'Housing People' 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
The work of the NBHA is explained by scripted pieces to camera by:Eric Armitage (Chief Executive); Liz Wood (Regional Development Officer); Stuart Dry (Deputy Director Housing and Development); Clare Winstanley (Director South)
Features before and after interior and exterior shots of derelict and vandalised housing, these are then seen renovated. Also features newly built property in; Hulme, Brookhouse in Blackburn , and Preston.
Includes interviews and case histories with tenants: elderly, blind, single parents, and those with learning difficulties. Features various schemes: the Peterhouse Project for ex-alcoholics, and the Ninety -Nine Project (Bury Young Peoples Housing Link)
General office scenes, good shots of architects' computer-aided-design plans. Scenes of building sites and builders.
Ends with 'snap shots' of schemes, workers and tenants.