It was directed by John Eldridge and scripted by the poet Dylan Thomas.

[2] The film was produced by the Ministry of Information and was one of the few wartime documentary to focus on a topic unrelated to the war.

[4] Two civil servants wander around various vantage points looking at the fictional town of Smokedale.

The film discusses true figures from the replanning of the Manchester slums from 1922 onward: 26,000 condemned; 14,000 demolished (plus "some help from Hitler"); 30,000 new houses planned.

Schools, hospitals and play areas are to be part of the plan.