BFI Screenonline: The Promised Land?: Cumbernauld, Town for Tomorrow (1970)

The Promised Land?: Cumbernauld, Town for Tomorrow (1970)

Material to accompany the BFI Mediatheque 'The Promised Land?' DVD

Main image of The Promised Land?: Cumbernauld, Town for Tomorrow (1970)


35mm film, 26 mins, colour, promotional

Sponsor	Films of Scotland
	Cumbernauld Development Corp
Production Company	Edinburgh Film Productions
Director	Robin Crichton
Photography	Gordon Coull
Commentary	Magnus Magnusson

Scottish Screen Archive collection


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A film to promote the new town of Cumbernauld, north of Glasgow

After WWII, plans were drawn up to build a number of new towns around the Glasgow area with the aim of transferring Glaswegians from the slums into functional, purpose built-towns that could accommodate a modern workforce. Three new towns were built, East Kilbride, Cumbernauld and Glenrothes, followed later by Livingstone.

Cumbernauld, Town for Tomorrow is one of several promotional films made by the Scottish new town corporations to promote and publicise the standard of living in the new towns, and to attract industrial development.