| Blind People Working | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6262 |
| Catalog #: | 369511 | |
| Clip Number: | 369511-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON458L | |
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| Location: | ? | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISABILITIES: Blindness | |
| Description: | Blind craftspeople ECU white armband w/ 3 black dots? Blind man walks w/ seeing-eye dog on city st. CU button on wall; hand flat on wall groping for; finally pushing button. A man & young girl walking up stairs. MCU blind man plays piano w/ left hand/ reads music w/ rt. hand like Braille . Piano tuner facing away; plucking strings. Shot from above of 4 blind people at table; binding together small bunches of bristles or straws w/ twine they pull up through tubes in table. MCU elderly man. Various shots of man making little bundles; then fitting them into holes in a board; to make broom. Back to shot from over table. Old man carries a few brooms past a wall of broom heads on shelves. CU young woman. MS same; seated at the table; putting short bristles into broom. CU bristles; tools; etc. & black pan w/ steam coming from it; she picks up knife. CU her hands working. More shots woman working. 01.11.28. Young man piling large skeins of rope. Man weaving at large loom. Man sits on stool finishing woven mat; dog sits on pile of mats. CU dog; w/ muzzle. CU man's hands working. More shots man & dog. Next; guy w/ bundle of brush. Another guy w/ bundle of something like straw but 6' long. Old man weaving basket from this stuff. Worker carries some baskets past. Another man weaving large square basket. Woman weaves seat of chair. CU she runs fingers over finished seat. Pan on many types of brushes hung on wall. Disablities; blindness; industry; vocational training for handicapped. | |
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