Film from Birmingham City Council, featuring the redevelopment of Back To Back slum Housing in Inner City Birmingham at the turn of the 1950's.
Nechells was one area out of 5 to get The Treatment of modernisation, though, if I remember there was still poor housing in Duddeston/Nechells in 1972 around Cato St,Dollman St & Inkerman St.
Most of the back to back houses and old schools & factories were awaiting demolition, but they made a great source for the firewood for our area's big bonfire every November 5th.
The Concrete Slide is long gone but The Youth Sculpture is still there: