Movie Description

And Ten Thousand More

(1949)

Overview

Student film sponsored by an urban housing authority advocating the financing of public housing. In the story a newspaper editor sends his reporter to investigate the low-income housing shortage in Los Angeles. Visiting slums in central L.A., the reporter finds decaying dwellings, some without plumbing and heating. The film contrasts them with the sturdy pre–World War II city housing projects that continue to provide a healthy environment for their residents. And Ten Thousand More takes its title from the number of new housing units reportedly required by L.A. residents. Note: The film was broadcast and screened at public meetings during the postwar public housing debate in L.A.

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Original TitleAnd Ten Thousand More

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1949-01-01

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 00h 12m

Homepagehttps://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/and-ten-thousand-more-1951

Production CompaniesUniversity of Southern California