Hello. I'm a narrator with a plummy voice and I'm going to talk to you about Basildon in Essex.
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This little oddity traces how Basildon grew from self-built shacks and roughly built roads to an official new town after the war. Here it's 1974, and like the town itself, this film is a strange collision of amateur and professional. It was made by pupils from Woodlands School with help from Basildon Council's PR department, and so there's a mix of suavely professional voice-over with an oddly jumpy narrative. Having said that, it may have been filmed by kids but it's pretty similar to the professionally made promo films for the other new towns, and well worth a watch.
This little oddity traces how Basildon grew from self-built shacks and roughly built roads to an official new town after the war. Here it's 1974, and like the town itself, this film is a strange collision of amateur and professional. It was made by pupils from Woodlands School with help from Basildon Council's PR department, and so there's a mix of suavely professional voice-over with an oddly jumpy narrative. Having said that, it may have been filmed by kids but it's pretty similar to the professionally made promo films for the other new towns, and well worth a watch.