New House: Where It Comes From

While watching the construction of a new house, a young boy discovers that many kinds of materials are used and that many people have to work together in order to build houses. Describes the source of such building materials as concrete, lumber, bricks, glass, and pipes. Includes scenes of bricklayers, glaziers, painters, pumbers and electricians at work. Educational Collaborator, Wilhelmina Hill., The New House - Where it Comes from Produced by Coronet / MTI Film & Video; C/O Simon & Schuster Film & Videos PC: CORF Year published 1955 Grade Level: P I Distributed on media: 1 film reel (11 min.), optical sound, 16 mm. Color?Color; B & W Length: 11 MIN Description: Shows a boy watching the building of a new house. He learns where such materials as concrete, lumber, bricks, glass and pipe come from--sees the work of carpenters, bricklayers, glaziers, painters, plumbers and electricians--and learns that many people have to work together to build the houses in which we live.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.