1960s URBAN SPRAWL, SUBURBIA & POST-WWII HOUSING BOOM VINTAGE FILM 18604

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Made in 1960 by Arthur Barr, this film presents one of the earliest looks at the tremendous problem of Urban Sprawl. growth in single-family homes begin built outside cities. The growth of suburban regions is (according to the narrator) one of the biggest challenges facing the United States of the 1960s. The desertion of the metropolises’ downtowns, and the explosion of suburban populations, was indeed a threat to the health of American cities. Highways, such as Los Angeles’ 101 Freeway seen at the 1:44 mark, provided easy access for commuters and helped develop a commuter culture. At 2;11, suburban housing tracts are developed in the San Fernando Valley, replacing farms and farm crops with housing. Mile after mile of housing is seen being built, and along with them come utilities (4:21) such as telephone and electrical cables and pipes. Early shopping malls are se