New Towns for Old

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"New Towns for Old" is a 1942 British promotional short film promoting the clearance of old historic "slum towns" and replacement with "new towns". It promotes the then new concept of town planning. It was directed by John Eldridge and scripted by the poet Dylan Thomas. The film was produced by the Ministry of Information and was one of the few wartime documentary to focus on a topic unrelated to the war.