Communal Village (1959)

Bromdon, Near Bridgnorth, Shropshire. The communal village is hidden in the Clee Hills. M, S workers till fields, including C, U of John Atkins, a West Indian man, and Tom Paul, standing by a gate. The shots include children gathering hay, girls with plaits, boys with a telescope, named as Kenneth Jones and Oliver Dyroff, Maggie Watkins looking after tiny children in a nursery area in the garden, where they play with wooden toys. M, S of men working making tubular steel gates, one is named as David Mason. C, U as he welds, then as he takes off his goggles and wipes his forehead. Laurence Bosch packs eggs into large trays. Gladys Mason rings a large bell. M, S of food on tables in an open air canteen, people sitting in a benched area. Erika Hildel plays violin, and others are seen doing country dancing. Note: There are news cuttings and leaflets in the documentation file on the organisation which started in Germany. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ T