The website of the British Film Institute includes a 20-minute film entitled 'Birmingham Film 1935'. This film is introduced on the
BFI website as follows:
Not focussing on the usual local landmarks, film maker John Harris takes us on an alternative tour of
mid-1930s Birmingham. Initially focussing on facilities for the older residents of the city (including Sir Austen Chamberlain MP touring
one such 'Sons of Rest') we pass through modern civic buildings (including the imposing Municipal Bank), enjoy idyllic views of Cannon
Hill Park before ending with enough performing animals for the most avid Britain's Got Talent fan.
The film includes clips of
the Bank's Broad Street Head Office taken shortly after its opening in 1933. These clips, showing both exterior shots of the building
and activity in the Banking Hall, occur at about 6 minutes, 45 seconds of the film. The existence of the film was advised to this
website by Mark Wilson and is linked below by kind permission of the British Film Institute: