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Housing Series Mini Doc #2, B Roll

Summary:

Footage from a series about the challenges of finding housing in Milwaukee that profiles three men. Interview with the second unidentified man about the luck of finding a home to accommodate his family of five children. He also discusses their previous dwelling as too cold in winter, and how he used newspaper ads on rental rates to gauge affordability on one week’s pay. Outtakes show the man with his family enjoying their new home. His daughters are seen playing and then helping set the kitchen table for dinner, while the boys are playing cards in the living room and the man reads an issue of “Plain Truth.”

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Series: Special Report and Other Footage
Date: February 22, 1972
Film Segment: 4
Film Reel: SR457
Soundtrack: Magnetic
B/W or Color: Color
Positive/Negative: Positive
Condition: Good
Script: No
Citation: [ CREATE A BRIEF TITLE BASED ON SUMMARY PROVIDED ], February 22, 1972, Special Report and Other Footage, Milwaukee Journal Stations Records, Milwaukee Mss Collection 203, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department.
Rights: Copyright © WTMJ-TV