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'We see a typical father and his ST'iall son leaving their soiialid room at the call of the knocker up, the little boy to go to v^ork picking up pieces ijinder the benches in the mills. The film goes on to tell of the early efforts of the men to discuss v-orking conditions. But these mieetings, which eventually lead to the Trade Unions, were broken up ''oj the police. All through the film the sense of struggle and determination is sustained. Famious people and incidents of the workers tne Tolpuddle Martyrs are sketched in. The fiM ends vn.th typical scenes in an industrial district today. The same father that v/e saw in the opening sequence sets off to work with his small son on his back. But this time he does not leave him at the m.ill gates; today he takes him. to a nursery school instead. By sincere direction, good casting and the best interior camerawork we have seen for a long time, an amibitious story has oeen well told.
WIEGS OVER EivJPIRE
Production: Strand Film Company. Assembly: Stuart Legg, Distribution: Theatrical ( Anglo -Ameri can ) ,
AS BLERIOT'S VffiIRD i^IAGHIlHC CffilES PUTTEHIIC ACROSS TliE Channel, the voice of ''The Times" proclaims; "The sea is no longer a barrier. The political and strategic situations of certain countries will be transformied" . It might have added the domestic situations of millions of families in Europe, China and Abyssinia. The purpose of this film is to show that flight can Fxean movement and not paralysis, vitality and not death, building up and not blowing to pieces. Taking as its example the Empire air routes, it shows how aviation helps the adi'iinistrator, tne agricultural expert, the tusinessmian, and the man who wants to keep in touch with his friends on the other side of the earth. The use of library material and natural souind give it brecdth and authenticity. The reconstructed scenes -^.re not strained, and the comraentrry binds the filmi firmly together.
THE CITY
Production: C.P.O. Film Unit. Producer: Cavalcanti. Director: Ralph Elton. Camera: II. Fowle. Commentary: Herbert Hodge. Distribution: Anglo-American.
STARTI]}IG WITH A GEESRAL SURVEY OF OVERGROWIT LOiroOW, AIID (by implicabion) the need for widespread planning, this film then concentrates on a single issue, that of Transport. If anything, the argwiient is too simplified, but this Fiatters little because of tne excellent general impression it gives of this vital problem. Continuity is helped by Hodge's friendly commentary, and by three brilliantly directed interviews with Sir Charles Bressej'-. Ralph Elton has a nice sense of hiuaour; and an eye for significant detail; his images carry a lot of weight in punching hom^e the general argument. Cam.erawork and cutting are excellent.