The City

Documentaire
    Réalisé par Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke • Écrit par Pare Lorentz, Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke, Henwar Rodakiewicz, Lewis Mumford
    États-Unis • 1940 • 43 minutes • Noir & Blanc
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The City is a pioneering short documentary film from 1939 that contrasts the problems of the contemporary urban environment with the superior social and physical conditions that can be provided in a planned community.

"Reel 1 contrasts sunny, serene New England countryside with smoky, noisy New York City. Healthy country boys ride hay wagons and run in fields. Pale city children play in a railroad yard. Reel 2 shows poor housing, traffic congestion, and inadequate play areas in New York. Stresses the frantic tempo of city life. Reel 3 shows a modern, planned town: safe and adequate play areas, abundant sunshine, spacious living quarters, clean factory buildings and grounds, ample shopping facilities, and a well devised street system. Contrasts this relaxed life with the hurried pace of the city. The planned towns shown are Greenbelt, Md., and Radburn, N.J."
(National Archives)

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