Twelve hundred Tyneside men placed on land in an experiment to aid distressed area (1935)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit To relieve unemployment, 1,200 Tyneside out of work men placed on land - experiment to aid distressed area Social Conditions and Problems; Economics; Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Social Provisions; Great Britain Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: FROM DOLE TO FARMING To relieve unemployment, 1,200 Tyneside men placed on land - experiment to aid distressed area ENGLAND: Bedfordshire EXT Gen. view & semi view pan. of workmen standing and some laying on ground outside shack. Cu. of talking, cu. pan. from Gamon to workman, cu. workman talks. Pan. of derelict shipyards. Travel shot of empty shop windows & closed stores. Long view derelict area showing smokeless chimney stacks. Long view of colliery & men. Gen. view of crops in field, semi view of farmers working in field. Long view of men building house in field. Long view of Chicken Farm, man pours wat