Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 4: The Heart of the City

Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 4: The Heart of the City

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This short documentary is part of a series hosted by American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic Lewis Mumford, who was particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture. This episode presents a study of the growing sterility, dullness and congestion that is destroying the vitality, variety and breadth that once made cities physically attractive and humanly creative.

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Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 4: The Heart of the City, Ytzen Brusse, Jean-Claude Chiabaut, Léonard Forest, Mogens Gander, Jacques Giraldeau, Kirk Jones, Derek Knight, Hector Lemieux, Claus Loof, Ian MacNeill, Terence Macartney-Filgate, Reginald Morris, Erik Nielsen, Bryan Probyn, François Séguillon & Wim Smits, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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  • director
    Ytzen Brusse
    Jean-Claude Chiabaut
    Léonard Forest
    Mogens Gander
    Jacques Giraldeau
    Kirk Jones
    Derek Knight
    Hector Lemieux
    Claus Loof
    Ian MacNeill
    Terence Macartney-Filgate
    Reginald Morris
    Erik Nielsen
    Bryan Probyn
    François Séguillon
    Wim Smits
  • camera
    Ytzen Brusse
    Jean-Claude Chiabaut
    Léonard Forest
    Mogens Gander
    Jacques Giraldeau
    Kirk Jones
    Derek Knight
    Hector Lemieux
    Claus Loof
    Ian MacNeill
    Terence Macartney-Filgate
    Reginald Morris
    Erik Nielsen
    Bryan Probyn
    François Séguillon
    Wim Smits
  • producer
    Ian MacNeill
  • script
    Ian MacNeill
  • executive producer
    Guy Glover
  • sound
    Joseph Champagne
    George Croll
    Ted Haley
  • editing
    Dennis Sawyer
  • sound editing
    Kathleen Shannon
  • narrator
    Budd Knapp
  • music
    Robert Fleming
  • host
    Lewis Mumford

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