The film compared these conditions to the well built, warm, dry homes in places like Bournville village. The film was discovered by staff at the Bournville Village Trust, who were looking through their archives for material to compliment a modern film being made to celebrate the Trust s centenary year. All the millions of money and all the millions of our countrymen that still live in this. All this was supposed to go after the last war, but this little world is still with us in every big city. Where the citizens of tomorrow play in filth in their inherited nursery - the gutter.
Nothing is too good for people.
The people are the greatest capital that any nation possesses. They are its courage and its strength and the future will belong to them. How Thomas came to be involved in such a project is unclear. But he had a reputation for binge drinking and would often miss work and be short of money. The drinking ultimately led to his death.