Part 2 - War on Vermin
16mm film Black & White Silent Unknown 14:00
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Summary: A film showing the terrible housing conditions faced by many people living in Hackney and how they are being addressed, concentrating on fumigation.
Title number: 244
LSA ID: LSA/327
Description: A film showing the terrible housing conditions faced by many people living in Hackney and how they are being addressed. It begins with close ups of bugs crawling over linen, before showing a Cyanide Fumigation Chamber at Hackney's Disinfecting Station. There are views of a trailer of Hackney residents' possessions being backed into the cyanide fumigation chamber at the disinfecting station (described as the first of its kind to be built in England). A pedestrian door at the side of the chamber is painted with the words
Keywords: Housing; Housing policy; Urban Planning
Locations: United Kingdom; England; London; Hackney
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