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Costain Houses

1931 - 1933 , Dagenham (Essex)

Cat no. 542

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Semi-detached houses under construction

High-angle shots of semi-detached houses under construction. Bricklayers at work and chimneys being completed. Close-up shots of faces. At Rylandes Estate, Dagenham, a sewer is under construction. There are shots of a crawler tractor and men digging a trench and putting in sewerage pipes. A couple look round one of the un-finished house sand then pose for the camera.There is a shot of the Elm Park Estate at Hornchurch. Some people are seen leaving a train. Back at the Elm Park Estate, which is bedecked in flags, the official party is seen on a canopied platform. There are speeches and then entertainment in the form of Scottish dancers and pipers

Featured Events

The opening of the Elm Park Estate, Hornchurch, 1933

Keywords

Building construction; Housing; Housing estates

Intertitles

Rylandes Estate, Dagenham. Commenced 1931. Elm Park Estate, Hornchurch. Commenced 1933. The End.

Other Places

Hornchurch, Essex

Background Information

Richard Costain became the Chairman of the Harlow Development corporation and features in many of the Archive's films about Harlow New Town. The Scottish dancers and pipers may be the Dagenham Girl Pipers - we have no definite information about this.

Manifestations

Costain Houses

  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV168178
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 117
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    Umatic tape
    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    22/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    672923
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV286321
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:06:56
    Modification Date
    20/05/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    670770
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV290728
    Canonical Identifier
    A-423
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    656054
  • Barcode
    INV224686
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-464
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Duration
    0:04:00
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    563174

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