NFB Collection
Canadian Wood Frame Houses
196715 min 35 secFilm: Documentary
Production: Nicholas Balla
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce and with the collaboration of the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
An intriguing demonstration of how quickly tasteful row houses can be built with few men, but with plenty of versatile Canadian lumber and skills. The scene is Harlow, a planned satellite town near London, England. Here we see the site prepared, the semi-assembled structure trucked into place and erected; then, in almost no time, all the work of interior installations and finishing. A film to interest builders, professional and amateur.
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Subject categories
- Architecture > ConstructionForeign CountriesHomes and HousingUrbanism
- Industry and Commerce > Construction IndustriesForeign Countries
- Urbanism > Foreign CountriesHousing and Public HousingHousing and Urban Planning in Developping Countries
- Foreign Countries > Great Britain
Credits
- producer
- Nicholas Balla
- editing
- David Mayerovitch
- re-recording
- George Croll
- music
- Norman Bigras