Development of the English Town (1943)
• January 23rd, 1943 • 0h 16min
Documentary
Overview
A brisk visual summary of the changing faces of the English town throughout the ages, from the ancients and their hill-forts to the Second World War -- enlivened by the appearance of ghostly denizens to defend their eras against the narrator's various strictures!
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