| SENIOR CITIZENS Old People at Physical Therapy | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8217 |
| Catalog #: | 139038 | |
| Clip Number: | 139038-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 4533 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:06:19 - 01:09:22 | |
| Location: | Brighton, East Sussex. | |
| Year Shot: | 1970 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/SENIORS: Health & Medical Care AGE GROUP/SENIORS: Retirement Facilities HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Physical Therapy LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Sussex, Brighton SPORTS/PHYSICAL FITNESS: Misc. | |
| Description: | SENIOR CITIZENS Old People at Physical Therapy (elderly, aging, old people, health care, physical therapy, exercise, nursing home) Brighton, East Sussex. Var. interior shots of elderly people in a type of miniature gymnasium exercising by pulling and lifting various types of weights. There is also a set of 3 steps up and down, w/ railing attached, in the middle of the floor. Nurse is helping old man sit down by window. Pan to look into another room; here several elderly people sit at a table doing various exercises. A man is pushing blocks around table, hitting them together etc. His arm is injured. Someone else pushing a thing like a rolling pin up a slanted board on table. MS nurse helps an old man walk up and down the aforementioned steps. He turns around and starts back over. Shots of old lady in a wheel chair exercising her legs after a bad fall. MS old lady's legs in cloth pouches attached to weight machine, moving her legs to lift weights. Nurse helps another old man who is having difficulty walking. A few old people sit in row facing wall. MCUs in room where people are doing arm exercises; we hear cameraman ask lady to carry on w/ her exercise moving pedals around with her hands. MCU old man pulling ropes from above, pan to the man seen before with the blocks; he seems to be relearning motor control after a stroke or something. More shots of these folks. Var. shots and close up of an elderly gentleman who has arthritis in both hands trying to sand the paint off a metal bin; young woman stands holding it in place. Shot of the room in front of them. | |
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