An incomplete sponsored film produced by the Shepherd Group showing the design and construction of a new housing scheme at Longlands Road in Middlesbrough to accommodate over 2000 people in multi-story flats and maisonettes. The use of traditional and industrialised methods and techniques is shown. [The opening section of this film is missing] A building site on Longlands Road in Middlesbrough with a large crane at the centre changes to show the concrete foundation for a number of building...

An incomplete sponsored film produced by the Shepherd Group showing the design and construction of a new housing scheme at Longlands Road in Middlesbrough to accommodate over 2000 people in multi-story flats and maisonettes. The use of traditional and industrialised methods and techniques is shown. [The opening section of this film is missing] A building site on Longlands Road in Middlesbrough with a large crane at the centre changes to show the concrete foundation for a number of building with a lattice steel load-bearing reinforced columns. A Shepherd van drives past a partly completed two story maisonettes surrounded by scaffolding, in the foreground a multi-story flat. From the roof of a high-rise traffic moves along Longlands Road. On a table beside drawings and other related paperwork a model for the Longlands Road ‘Multi-Story Flats’. Around the table three men from the Shepherd Group look over and discuss the plans, outside they speak with the site manager about the plans before speaking with individual workmen from different departments at various locations around the building site. At the base of one of the multi-story flats a man works on a series of wooden planks. On the roof another workman looks down on the site below. At another part of the site two men pour concrete in a foundation, nearby are stored pre-cast concrete wall and floor panel. The film cuts to another Shephard Group facility where other pre-cast section are stored outside the factory unit. A crane lifts and move a concrete mix panel onto the back of a flatbed lorry which will deliver to the site. Back on site in Middlesbrough workmen erect moulds around the steel lattice frame to form part of a load bearing wall. At another part of the site a crane lifts a staircase into position inside a high-rise block. A crane then lifts a wall panel from the back of the flatbed lorry and lowers it into position where workmen install temporary metal struts to hold the panel in position temporarily. A man stands at the controls of a concrete mixture lorry pouring the content into a large bucket which is then lifted away by crane. Two workmen hold the bucket while a third uses a hose to fill a foundation with the concrete. At another part of the site a man stands in the foundations of a new building using a theodolite to check the correct dimensions of a load bearing column. The film changes to show the plans and layout of a multi-story flat that is in the shape of two rectangles that interlock to form a rigid central core. Plans for the flats are laid out on an architect’s table and a pair of hands flick through them. Back on site the crane moves the shuttering’s for the internal walls and pre-cast loadbearing beams are fitted for the pre-cast floor units. Two workmen fix shutters to an internal wall to form a cavity. Another plan this time showing a ‘Horizontal Section at Corner’s’. From the back of a flatbed lorry the crane lifts a combined ceiling and floor slab which is then manoeuvred into position by workmen. With the floor panels in position concrete in poured from a bucket for the columns between the panels on the floor below. Another plan showing the ‘Vertical Section’ and how the concrete joins the precast wall units together. An elevator rises from the side of a partially completed multi-story building. Another plan showing batons pre-moulded into a ceiling slab followed by a second showing the window castings and fixtures. On site two workmen install a window frame followed by a painter painting the frame. The first plan showing previously of the layout of a multi-story flat returns highlighting which are two-or three-bedroom flats as well as two automatic passenger elevators and emergency staircase in the central well. Another plan showing a three-bedroom flat highlights many of the benefits featured in said flat including under-floor heating and ventilation. On the ground floor of an apartment block three men work to install a wall cladding panel the same way as seen previously in this film with the men using braces to hold the panel in position. At another part of the site a man watches over the laying of a concrete foundation for a block of maisonettes. A reinforced concrete platform is completed along with load-bearing reinforced columns. The building of brick is built up around these foundations and a pre-cast set of stairs are lifted into position by crane and moved into position by workmen. An elevator lifts a wheelbarrow of bricks up to a raised platform where two bricklayers are waiting. They and other bricklayers work around the top floor of the maisonette to build internal walls and to partly hide the concrete framework. Window frames and glass are installed. A car pulls up outside the building site and two men from the local authority get out and make their way onsite to meet a representative of the Shepherd Group. In an officer the two men are shown plans for the site discussing certain details. The two men are then given a tour of the site by the representative. From the roof of one of the multi-story flats the Longlands Road project is now complete with laid out paths, grass areas and a children’s play area below. In the street beside the maisonette building children play in the road, a woman pushes her pram along the path towards the play area. In the playground a girl comes down a slide, nearby three older men sit on a bench beside a colourful flowerbed, behind them one of the multi-story flats. From Longlands Road views of both multi-story flats and maisonettes. End title: The End – Shepherd End credit Director George H. Sewell. Cameraman Fred Gamage. Editor Patrick Ashton. End credit: Produced by Cyril Randall. 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