- Title: VM-1195
- Summary: Housing: More Than A Roof: COMMUNITY GROUP AND VOLUNTEERS PLAN A COMMUNITY WHICH INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR NEW YORK STATE AFRICAN AMERICAN MIGRANT WORKERS AND FAMILIES WHO LIVED IN RUNDOWN HOMES AFTER FARMING JOBS BECAME NON-EXISTENT IN THE AREA. THE DETERIORATING, SQUALID HOUSING WAS TORN DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
- Description:00:01:00 - BLACK, WHITE, STUDENTS DISCUSSING THE HOPELESSNESS EXPERIENCED BY BLACK MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, MOST WITH NO SKILLS OTHER THAN FARMING, WHICH BECAME NON EXISTENT WHEN THE AREA NO LONGER PRODUCED, AND THE ABSENCE OF OTHER INDUSTRY IN THE AREA.. 00:01:14 - MLS GOOD SHOT OLD BARN ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE FROM NEGLECT. TWO STORY WOOD FRAME FARM HOUSE, NEEDS PAINTING, CLOTHES LINE OUTSIDE. VARIOUS VIEWS RUNDOWN CONDITIONS INSIDE HOUSE. CU PET CAT LICKING HIMSELF AS HE SITS AMID BOTTLES OF DRINKING WATER, (LO RUNNING WATER IN HOUSE). MS OLD COAL STOVE, OLD BEAT UP STOVE PIPE GOING INTO WALL CHIMNEY. CU BEAT UP SLIPPERS ON FLOOR, AS VOICE OVER STUDENTS DESCRIBING CONDITIONS. 00:02:00 - MS FAMILY DOG LYING DOWN AMID RUBBISH OUTSIDE HOUSE. 00:02:06 - MLS GOOD SHOT, RUN DOWN TWO STORY BARN, ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE. PAN ROW OF ONE FAMILY RUN DOWN MIGRANT HOMES. POV FRONT WINDSHIELD MOVING CAR. VARIOUS CU SHOTS RUN DOWN HOMES IN VARIOUS DEGREES OF DISREPAIR, NEGLECT. OLD TIRES, DEBRIS STREWN ABOUT. 00:02:34 - CU BLACK WOMAN CUTTING OPEN FISH WITH KNIFE. SAME WOMAN TRYING TO FILL PAIL OF WATER LOSES HER PATIENCE AS SHE WATCHES OUTSIDE FAUCET DRIP LITTLE WATER, THOUGH SHE TURNS IT ON FULL. CU SLOW DRIPPING FAUCET. 00:02:45 - TALL, BURLY, BLACK MAN WITH CANE, WALKING TOWARDS CAMERA WITH SMALLER WHITE MAN (COMMUNITY LEADER ?) DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF THE MIGRANT COMMUNITY WHICH HE WAS A PART OF, AND TELLS HOW HE BECAME OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY OF THE PLANS TO REBUILD WITH THE HELP OF LOCAL CHURCHES, STATE COLLEGE STUDENTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY. HE USES CANE TO POINT TO HOLES IN RUN DOWN BUILDINGS WHICH MADE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO HEAT THE HOMES DURING BAD WEATHER AND WAS HAVEN FOR RATS. HE TELLS HOW HE PAID AS MUCH AS $800 A MONTH RENT FOR THIS. 00:04:58 - VARIOUS SHOTS LITTLE BLACK KIDS PLAYING AMID THE DEBRIS. 00:05:07 - MS SIGN: "THE SAWYER ROAD ACTION COALITION - COMMUNITY BUILDING". MS BLACK WOMAN WALKING INTO RUN DOWN BUILDING WITH TWO DISHES OF FOOD. MORE OF BLACK CHILDREN PLAYING, MANGY DOG WALKING ABOUT. 00:05:33 - PAN VARIOUS SHOTS NEW TWO STORY BUILDINGS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. 00:05:38 - LARGE CONSTRUCTION SIGN "CARKEN MANOR", WITH "NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER, GOVERNOR" AT TOP. 00:05:41 - NEW BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION, CARPENTERS AT WORK ON VARIOUS SECTIONS OF FRAME BUILDINGS. PAN BUILDING COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION. MS ENTRANCE TO NEW COMMUNITY CENTER. BLACK WOMEN INSIDE WORKING ON PROJECT IN WORK SHOP. ZOOM AWAY FROM NEW COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO OLD RUN DOWN BUILDINGS WITH WHEELES AUTO AND DEBRIS STREWN ABOUT. TO BLACK LEADER WITH CANE TALKING TO WHITE COMMUNITY LEADER (?) ABOUT " PHASE 2" OF THE PROJECT. 00:06:27 - BLACK, WHITE, STUDENTS AROUND LARGE TABLE CONTAINING MINIATURE SCALE MODEL OF LAND TO BE USED FOR THE FUTURE "IDEAL" COMMUNITY. THE STUDENTS BRAINSTORM PHASE 2 OF THE PROJECT. CU PAPER STICKER ON MALE STUDENTS' SHIRT "PROGRAM PLANNER". BLACK STUDENT ASKS WHERE WILL THE LOW INCOME HOUSES WILL BE LOCATED, "WHERE IS THE INDUSTRY? MS WHITE MALE STUDENTS SUGGESTS WHERE THE AIRPORT SHOULD BE LOCATED IN RELATION TO RECREATIONAL AREA, STUDENTS POINT TO SECTIONS ON THE SCALE MODEL OF PROPERTY, AS THEY MAKE CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS. CU STUDENTS PLACE MINIATURE MODELS OF HOMES, APARTMENT HOUSES, RECREATION BUILDINGS AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AT APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS ON LAND. 1970S HAIR STYLES. 00:11:13 - VARIOUS SHOTS UNIQUE EARLY CENTURY RESIDENTIAL FRAME AND BRICK RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND CHURCH, TWO AND THREE STORIES, ALL SCHEDULED TO BE DEMOLISHED, CU WORN WOODEN OUTSIDE STOOPS AND WINDOWS, PEELING PAINT. BULL DOZER WITH BUCKET RAISED APPEARS IN FOREGROUND, BEGINS THE DEMOLITION. VARIOUS SHOTS BULLDOZER SCOOPING DEBRIS AND DEMOLISHED BUILDING MATERIALS OFF GROUND, LOADING IT INTO DUP TRUCK. MEN, WOMEN, WORKERS GOING THROUGH DEBRIS, PICKING UP OLD BRICKS AND OTHER BUILDING SUPPLIES TO BE REUSED. 00:12:08 - GOOD SHOT BULLDOZER BUCKET PUSHING DOWN REMAINING BRICK WALL. LS VARIOUS SHOTS PAN NEW HIGH RISE APARTMENT COMPLEX, RESIDENTIAL ONE AND TWO FAMILY COMMUNITY OF HOMES. CU FINGERS OF STUDENTS PLACING MINIATURE HOMES AND HIGH RISES ON PLANNING BOARD, LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE PLAYING CHESS WITH THE PIECES. LS MULTI STORY APARTMENT COMPLEX COMPLETE WITH DECORATIVE TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. VARIOUS SHOTS MODERNISTIC HIGH RISE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. PAN STUDENTS BUSILY REARRANGING THE LANDSCAPE ON THE MINIATURE LANDSCAPE. VOICE OVER FEMALE STUDENT, TALKING ABOUT THE IDEAL COMMUNITY, I WONDER WHAT PEOPLE 100 YEARS AGO THOUGHT OF "OUR IDEAL COMMUNITY". 00:13:27 - SIGN IN FRONT LARGE OFFICE BUILDING "ROCHESTER MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER". VARIOUS SHOTS LARGE SCALE MODEL OF CITY (ROCHESTER, NY ?) OF 100 YEARS AGO, WITH MANNEQUINS OF PEOPLE DRESSED IN LATE 1970S (?) CLOTHING PICTURES OF GENERAL STORE SIGNS: "AYER'S SARSAPARILLA", SYRACUSE MINERAL SPRINGS, EXCELSIOR WATER". SHELVES WITH OLD LIQUOR BOTTLES AND BOXES. WOMAN STOKING HER FIREPLACE, GREAT OLD TOWN BUILDINGS. 00:14:25 - STUDENTS ENTHUSIASTICALLY REARRANGING BUILDING, PLACING SMALL HOUSES EVERYWHERE ON MODEL. 00:14:51 - MS FEMALE STUDENT LEADER READS LIST OF DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE FINGER LAKES AREA OF NY. EXPLAINING THE NEEDS FOR THAT AREA FOR HOISING UNITS NEEDED IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. "TOTAL NUMBERS OF 43, 600 ADDITIONAL UNITS WILL BE NEEDED. ALTOGETHER THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS NEEDED BETWEEN NOW AND 1995 IS 365,000 ....". 00:15:35 - VARIOUS VIEWS MEETING OF GENESEE / FINGER LAKES REGIONAL PLANNING BOARD (?) MEN AND WOMEN, DISCUSSING THE REGIONAL EFFECTS OF THE PROJECT AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, THE EFFECTS ON PROPERTY VALUES IN SUBURBIA. THEY ALSO DISCUSS THE RACIAL ASPECTS OF THE LOW COST HOUSING ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 00:20:30 - VARIOUS SHOTS STUDENTS AT PLANNING TABLE, PLOTTING AND MOVING MINIATURE BUILDINGS ABOUT. 00:20:40 - MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS CARPENTERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AT WORK ON NEW HOMES. SIGN AT CONSTRUCTION SITE: "ALL PERSONS ON THIS PROJECT MUST WEAR HARD HATS". ROOFER ON LADDER REPAIRING ROOF, OLDER INNER CITY BRICK BUILDINGS BEING REPAIRED. HARD HAT SURVEYOR PEERING THROUGH TRANSIT, WAVING TO PARTNER. HUGE OVERHEAD CRANES. SIGN "UNDER CONSTRUCTION BLDGS." 1. MIDTOWN MANOR ELDERLY HIGH RISE; 2. LOW MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTIAL; 3. MIDDLE INCOME RESIDENTIAL; 4. GARAGE". LARGE SIGN: "URBAN RENEWAL IS HAPPENING", "PLEASE BE PATIENT. REDEVELOPMENT INCONVENIENCES WILL BRING YOU A BETTER CITY OF ROCHESTER". 00:21:30 - MS BURLY BLACK LEADER OF MIGRANT COMMUNITY, AND WHITE COMMUNITY LEADER WALKING AND CHATTING ABOUT THE PROJECT, TOWARDS CAMERA.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-1195