Description: A compilation of various short pieces of film shot around Hackney, including in order of appearance: building and flowers around St John's Churchyard;buses, the baths, Hackney Central Library; new council housing (c.1960s), the interiors of council housing; the Bannister Street flats (c.1930s); Colour film of a marching band of boys' Colour film of St John's Churchyard; a sports day; footage from VE day in Hackney; a sequence on 'A Combined Hackney Enterprise' on the problems of the elderly (presenter appears to be a Miss Evelyn Lane), captions are formed by printed cards sat on lace; the erection of pre-fab housing (c.1950s); Colour footage of tuiips; additional footage of VE day in Hackney; Colour footage of tulips in front of four storey flats; women in a park; Hackney Armoury; houses under construction; a Mayor giving a speech (c.1950s) announcing the Paragon Road development; views of de Beauvoir Square (1960s); a lakeside cafe (possibly abroad); views of

Holland; Colour footage of a flat interior; Mayor and a woman at the opening of a council estate (c.1960s); a council estate of 2-3 storey buildings (early 1960s).