The City

Year: 1939

Runtime: 44 mins

Language: English

Directors: Willard Van Dyke, Ralph Steiner

Documentary

A forward‑looking documentary on urban planning contrasts the disorder, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities with the promise of orderly, family‑centric suburbs. It presents idyllic suburban living and the nuclear family as a remedy, arguing that these models can stabilize society and reverse urban decline.

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