Urban Challenge

Over-crowding and squalid living conditions have reached a crisis point in major cities in Third World Countries. This film examines the way in which governments and overseas aid agencies are meeting the challenge to improve living conditions for the cities’ poorer inhabitants.

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Credits

co-producer

William Hetzer

Edward King

Duration

00:18:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323731

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Housing

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Developing countries

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → City planning

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Housing

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Developing countries

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Housing

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Housing

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1984

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