Birmingham Municipal Bank - Brum's Hidden Spaces

Birmingham Municipal Bank was launched by the local authority in 1916 to enable ordinary people to save their wages and to support the war effort. It was placed on a statutory footing in 1919 and the new headquarters building was opened in 1933. Designed by Thomas Cecil Howitt, the architect of Baskerville House, which faces the bank on Centenary Square. The bank was subsumed into the TSB in 1976 and the headquarters building was closed in 1996. Still awaiting redevelopment, Birmingham Municipal Bank is now used for arts events and as a filming location. This film shows an art exhibition by Shun Ito, hosted in the bank as part of the International Dance Festival Birmingham http://www.idfb.co.uk/news/explore-on... http://www.idfb.co.uk/whats-on/cosmic... The bank is shown in context on Broad Street Birmingham and the inside tour includes the very striking Art Deco bank vault. Archive images are courtesy http://bmbhistory.org.uk - please visit this website for a comprehensive history of the bank. The film is accompanied by Al Bowlly singing ‘Oceans of Time’, recorded the year the bank headquarters was opened in 1933. Filmed and produced by HistoryNeedsYou.com Please subscribe for more history and heritage videos.