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Poster for New Towns for Old

New Towns for Old

1942 · 6 min

A brisk, earnest wartime pamphlet of a film, all civic pride and plain-spoken persuasion, with a poet's cadence under the bureaucratic surface.

Directed by
John Eldridge
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Sheffield stands in as 'Smokedale', an industrial Everytown, in this stirring call for "new schools, new hospitals, new roads, new life", after WWII.

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Directed by
John Eldridge
Genres
Documentary
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • politics
    • environment
    • ambition
    • survival
    Places
    • big city
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    John Eldridge
    Written by
    Dylan Thomas
    Runtime
    6 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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