A Canadian documentary exploring British New Towns.

Runcorn New Town was designed and built to relieve the population growth in Liverpool, providing better housing conditions and a safer, cleaner environment to live in. This documentary explores these claims to see how things actually are for its new inhabitants.


0:00 - Intro 'The Leaving of Liverpool', Shots of Liverpool 1970s
2:54 - Runcorn New Town Master Plan
3:50 - Runcorn-Widnes Bridge (Silver Jubilee)
4:04 - Runcorn Busway
6:02 - Runcorn Shopping City
9:14 - Local communities
10:47 - The Castle, Architecture style
12:38 - Facilities for young people
14:46 - Castlefields Community Centre
16:03 - Resident Interviews
23:53 - Town Planners Interviews
36:31 - End

© Michel Régnier, National Film Board of Canada 1974