Brief city: the story of London's festival buildings

United Kingdom, 1952

Film
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A tour of inspection of the Festival of Britain South Bank Exhibition photographed during the last ten days of the Exhibition. Emphasis is placed on the architecture of the Exhibition, explaining why it was planned as a “giant toyshop”, why it was given no processional vista, and how the Exhibition was regarded as an experiment in modern building and architecture.

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Credits

co-director

Jacques Brunius

Maurice Harvey

producer

Richard Massingham

production company

Massingham Productions

Duration

00:19:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1952

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

310949

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Festivals - Great Britain

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → London (England) - Description and travel

Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture - Great Britain

Crafts & Visual Arts → Exhibitions

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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