A comparison of solutions to the problems of suburban living as found in some of the world’s largest cities - London, Marseille, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Toronto. This film shows housing to delight, amaze, and even provoke. Shown is Marseille’s famous community on stilts, with stores, homes, and playgrounds all within one vertical neighbourhood. Town planners and architects discuss trends and problems.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010397
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Housing
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Urban beautification
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → London (England)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Marseille (France)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Stockholm (Sweden)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Toronto (Ont.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Urbanization
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Urbanization
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → City planning
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Housing
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Public housing
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Urban beautification
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture - Human factors
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture and society
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community development, Urban
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Housing
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Public housing
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Urban beautification
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Urbanization
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Housing
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)