Playing the Environment Game
In Covent Garden, Notting Hill and Tolmers Square in London, campaigners challenge property developers' plans
"London belongs to the people" - a banner proclaims at the end of this film in which locals are "fighting the biggest boys in town” as they challenge the plans of property developers in London. The film also offers a lesson in the potential perils of capitalism and urban development, citing the recently built Euston Centre as "one of the masterpieces of speculative development... a profitable form of gambling."
An account of the efforts of three pressure groups to alter development plans in Central London to the benefit of local residents - in Tolmers Square, Euston; Covent Garden; and Notting Hill Gate
The film came out of the exhibition of the same name, organised in 1973 by the Arts Council and was designed to stimulate discussion about the decision-making processes which affect city development.