A study of the rebuilding program of the English Channel town of Dover, which suffered heavy damage from shellfire during WWII. The historic town is to be, very largely, rebuilt on a new site, and extensive use is to be made of recently developed prefabrication techniques. Good use of British humour gives this doco additional interest.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
312028
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Buildings, Prefabricated
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War damage to buildings - Great Britain
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Buildings, Prefabricated
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → England - Social conditions
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)