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Title: HOUSE THAT JOHN BUILT

Reference number: 1180

Date: 1954

Director: [filmed by Enrico Cocozza]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 21.12 mins

Description: Footage of two men building a house, including laying the foundations and bricklaying.

Shotlist: No credits. Digging out the foundation trench, checking the level of pegs marking depth; mixing cement and pouring the foundation (2.16) laying the first brick; gvs bricklaying using twine as a guide line, other man preparing mortar (7.20) building the chimney; younger man brings the bricklayer an icecream slider (7.40) gvs wooden frame for first floor, bricklaying on chimney continues; gvs unglazed windows (9.35) shots of a dog exploring the site, gvs neighbourhood through gaps in the brickwork; younger man assists by bringing up bricks (11.47) three young men look at the half-finished building; gvs building from the street. (12.20) Younger man brings bricks up on a hod; bricklaying; brief shot of woman with her hair tied up; men chat over their sandwiches (14.05)