Hemel Hempstead (1961)

M/S and L/S of the old part of the town of Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire; the street scenes show rows of shops and people walking about on a sunny day. High angle L/S of the high street in the new part of Hemel Hempstead. Commentator talks of the “many Londoners who, since 1947, have come here to begin a different life away from the congested capital“. Various shots of the new town area: L/S of the bus station; a woman pushing a pram walks with a toddler beside a man-made lake; high angle M/S of another woman with a child in a push chair who walks along a concrete walkway over an artificial lake; we pan right to show a small fountain in the water. M/Ss panning across the large man-made lake to show modern buildings beside it; people walking beside the artificial river. M/S of sign reading ’Bank Court / Parking Prohibited Except on Bank Business’; L/S of banks grouped together in the new town beside the river; M/S of a fountain in front of the banks. More shots of the modern part of town; a row