Building A House (1940-1949)

British Instructional Films Ltd presents a Classroom Film. Men at drawing boards working on plans. C/U of plans for a house. Draftsman points out various things to a colleague. On the building site surveyors use a piece of equipment and take measurements. Mechanical diggers move earth as men stand around the foundations. A man mixes cement. Another man lays bricks. Various construction tasks. C/U of cement mixer going around. Man lays tiles on top of a brick wall. Men nail pieces of wood together. C/U of bricklaying technique. Men walk along scaffolding. Bricks are lifted by a pulley system then wheeled along on a trolley. More nailing. C/U of hammer hitting nail. Man saws wood for roof. Other men lay tiles on roof. A man carries large pile of tiles on his head up a step ladder then walks along wooden planks and up another step ladder. The tiles are laid by a roofer. Two men paint window frames in situ. A man applies putty to seal a pipe. Another man puts in a pane of glass using putty. An interior staircase is fixed to the wall. A man uses a spirit level to check that the stairs are level. Two men nail down floor boards. Two men plaster a wall. A man washes his hands. A fireplace is affixed. A cement floor is laid and smoothed. Parquet flooring is then laid. A light switch is fiddled with. Man is looking at fuse box. Man screws lock to door, another man sweeps up. Exterior shot of finished house. Domestic interior - woman peeling potatoes at her sink. In the living room woman reads paper while children play in front of the fireplace. Woman walks out of the house. FILM ID:2949.03 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/