Urban Sprawl
Urban Sprawl is a short film from ca. 1960s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
03:24:07:15 High-angle pan over new suburban home development.
03:24:56:15 Pan over vast area of suburban houses, audio track �vast sea of houses created by this explosion of the urban population expands outwards in endless ways.�
03:25:35:01 VS busy highway in 1950s to 1960s; freshly paved highway, tract housing along highway.
03:25:59:22 Tractors on construction site for new tract housing project; audio track �man with his modern machines is consuming land at a frightening rate.�
03:26:16:05 Great shot of bulldozer taking down a fruit tree.
03:26:25:27 Hay stacks in foreground of LS pan over construction site for new suburban housing project.
03:26:38:08 Construction site being cleared in rugged hillside area for housing.
03:26:52:08 Great shot of terraced lots for houses on hillside, audio track �the terraced lots stand like giant stairs steps awaiting the onward rush of urban sprawl.�
03:27:02:03 1950s to 1960s construction worker using antique foot operated mechanical nailer; VS men building mass-produced homes; Hispanic men pouring concrete; cranes setting in place giants pieces of new pipeline.
03:28:01:21 3 huge reel of electrical wire for pour lines; electricians in stalling power lines; men installing telephone cables.
03:28:34:01 LS kid playing on swing between two houses, wood frames of unfinished houses behind him.
03:28:58:23 Pan over 1950s to 1960s strip mall.
03:29:56:01 LS billboard alongside highway with arrow pointing toward Tropicana Village 10000 New Homes; large billboard sign with arrow �Right Turn Here Pacific Gardens.�
03:30:49:13 Pan over suburban sprawl possibly Santa Clara, California.
03:31:32:25 VS abandoned or neglected buildings in cities; Bixby Building with For Rent Signs.
03:31:43:25 Municipal land surveyor looking through device on tripod. Abandoned house is demolished.
03:32:06:03 VS building under construction; modern apartment buildings; modern office building frame; congested 1960s city street.
03:32:36:20 Great VS Hollywood Freeway in 1960s.
03:34:00:29 Workers laying new pipelines for tract housing project under construction; pan down row of tract houses under construction.
03:36:20:21 Tractor plowing over farm land to make room for tract housing project.
03:36:37:05 Tractor plowing rows in soil right up to edge of tract housing project.
03:37:12:05 Large mechanical arm pouring concrete.
03:37:26:16 Great aerial shot of suburban sprawl along foothills, probably Southern California; small modern dam; large concrete irrigation canal.| Urban Sprawl | |
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| Produced by | Barr Films |
Production company | Barr Films |
| Distributed by | Barr Films |
Release date | ca. 1960s |
| Language | English |
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