Leith1924

This is a short film showing conditions in Leith in 1924. Leith, like most other parts of urban Scotland was suffering from the downturn following the First World War. Social conditions and housing was poor. Unemployment was high. The Leith Improvement Plan attempted to tackle some of the worst areas of Leith through demolition and moving people from the densely populated areas. This film shows Leith through a series of photographs that were taken at that time as evidence of the conditions that existed. these photographs are now held in the University of Edinburgh archives.