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The Baltimore Plan (1953)

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The Baltimore Plan (1953)
 Sponsors: Baltimore Redevelopment Commission; Fight Blight Fund Inc. Production Co.: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films. Directors/Producers/Writers: Selma Weisenborn, John Barnes. Camera: Louis Clyde Stoumen. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 20 minutes.

Short detailing how the City of Baltimore overcame lethargy to launch a slum rehabilitation campaign.

Note: Received a Freedoms Foundation award in 1953. John Barnes made films for Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, which produced and distributed The Baltimore Plan at the urging of the Fight Blight Fund.

Resources
“Nonprofit Concern Fights Slums,” Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 11, 1953, 10.