Rural England AKA This Blessed Plot This Other Eden (1940 1949)
A film calling for the establishment of National Parks in England. A logo with the initials CPRE (Council for the Preservation of Rural England) and the words This Blessed Plot This Other Eden Demi Paradise This England. Intertitle The Case for the Defence. English landscapes. Case for the defence against the disfigurement of the countryside. London: St Paul s Cathedral, train pulling in to Waterloo ( ) station. Office workers, women, men in bowler hats on their way to work. Traffic scenes. Moving top shot of a factory floor. Flats with window boxes. Children playing in the streets. Men walking in municipal park. Grand open country. Lakes, mountains etc. Men climbing mountain. Cliffs and sea. Houses within the landscape. Waterfall. Contrasting town and country. Council for the Preservation of Rural England. Eskdale Valley. National Trust is mentioned. Yosemite National Park. Call for National Parks in Britain. South Africa the National Cougar, Kruger ( ) Park. Lions rel
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