Disabilities
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS Open Air Children's Orthopaedic Hospital
DEAF AND DUMB WEDDING A Deaf and Dumb Couple Get Married at Beverley Minster
GREEK CRIPPLE BOY WALKS AGAIN Sotiris Athanasiades receives treatment for his disabilities
INGENUITY DEFEATS INFIRMITY A Wheel Chair Bound Man Demonstrates his Home Made Vehicle
THE BLIND FROM ST DUNSTAN'S ENJOY THEMSELVES ON RIVER
BLIND SCHOOL Good item on a school for the blind at Worcester
QUEEN AT LORD ROBERTS WORKSHOPS Queen Elizabeth II visits workers at Lord Roberts Workshops.
AMPUTEE VETERANS AT QUEEN MARY'S WORKSHOP Men injured during the first world war learn new trades.
ONE ARMED GOLFER One-armed men play golf in the Championship at Berkhamsted.
WORK FOR WAR DISABLED Work for the war invalids in the first Remploy factory in the country.
TO LIGHTEN THEIR DARKNESS Variety Club of Ireland opens new swimming pool for blind in Dublin.
AMPUTEE VETERANS AT QUEEN MARY'S WORKSHOP Men injured during the first world war learn new trades.
ARTIFICIAL ARMS the versatility and mobility of artificial arms at Blackrock Special Hospital.
AMPUTEE VETERANS AT QUEEN MARY'S WORKSHOP Men injured during the first world war learn new trades.
DASCHUND CARRIAGE A disabled dog is fitted with wheels to help him get around.
HEARING IMPAIRED SCHOOL Good item showing a school for deaf children
GUIDE DOG FOR A DOG Simba the Alsatian acts as the 'eyes' of blind spaniel Minky.
News in a Nutshell: WORLD'S BIGGEST CAT The world's biggest cat, Gibson, dies.
ELLERMAN'S HOSPITAL Disabled Man Practices with Crutches
PEOPLE IN CAMERA Disabled rally in Richmond
Honor Handicapped: Awards And Athletics At Annual Meeting
Lourdes Pilgrimage: 40,000 Military Men Pray At Shrine.
Track and Field Latin American Games
Fred Snite, Jr. Sees Rases By Periscope From New Trailer
PEOPLE IN CAMERA Disabled rally in Richmond "Invalids" rally with little scooters.
Two-Headed Calf Alive And Well Amazes Scientists
News in Brief: Washington, Plea For Handicapped.
Guide Dogs For The Blind And Their Partners
BLIND MAN FELLING TREES AND CHOPPING WOOD Blind Man Fells Tree, Chops Wood
ONE ARMED MAN MAKING BIRD HOUSES One-Armed Man Builds Birdhouses
FEATHERS Disabled World War One veteran George Stanton makes model flowers from feathers.
Samual Gompers Memorial Clinic
Patients Of Kings Bridge Hospital In New York Enjoy Their 5th Annual Party
YOUNG PATIENTS SHOP FOR XMAS Disabled children shop for Christmas presents at store in Carshalton.
Blind Masseurs Practice on Primo Carnera
March Of Dimes: Notables Open Annual Drive For Polio Fund
Trained Dogs Being Supplied To Blind Boys
The Ethiopian Vet Gets New Leg
News in Brief: Physically Handicapped.
'Sunshine Bus' Transports Kids
News in Brief: March Of Dimes Family Of The Year
News in Brief: Polio Mother Of Year.
The Handicapped Take The Spotlight
Honor Blind Students At White House
Cardnial Stritch - Former Archbishop Of...
President Truman Addresses The President's Committee For Employment
Siamese Twin Faces Camera And Is Doing Well
News in Brief: New York, Paralyzed Artist.
President Host To Crippled Children As Vacation Trip Ends
Hebrew Actors Give Deaf-and-Dumb Play
ITA RALLY Invalid Tricycle Association hold sports day for disabled people at Crystal Palace.
INVALID CARRIAGE A new car for disabled is driven by Mr Sidney Jones of Rustington
BILLIARDS One armed billiard player demonstrating skills on table
LIMBLESS GOLFERS War heroes compete in their own golfing championship at Roehampton.
BLIND OARSMEN'S REGATTA Blind Ex-Servicemens rowing race on the River Thames
DIGGING FOR VICTORY Men, both able and disable, working together for Britain
DEAF AND DUMB ATHLETES The International games for the deaf and dumb at White City.
THE TOUCH OF SIGHT How Braille documents are produced for blind readers in Vienna.
THE COURAGE THAT TRIUMPHS Footage of a handicapped artist who paints with the aid of his mouth
A ONE ARMED WONDER Mr Eric Peacock demonstrates Motorcycle skills with only one arm.
OLIVER WAKEFIELD Oliver Wakefield tries to rouse the nation in his own particular style.
ONE HANDED SNOOKER Demonstration of Geoffrey Benstead's one handed snooker technique.
RONALD GOURLAY Blind pianist Ronald Gourlay plays and sings "Dicky Bird Hop".
POLIO VICTIMS MARATHON WALK Polio victim David Ryder completes walk from John O'Groats to Lands End.
GUIDE DOGS Training centre for guide dogs for the blind at Leamington Spa.
DREAM DAY FOR YOUNG CRIPPLES Young boys with Muscular Dystrophy go on a trip to Holland.
SIAMESE TWINS Erskine Smith Siamese twins - born joined at head in Tasmania.
BLIND CHILDREN SKI Blind children skiing in French Alps.
NEWS IN FLASHES - ROME Princess Elizabeth visits Don Bosco Children's Home in Rome.
DONKEY DERBY - TOP JOCKEYS MEET Some of Britain's top jockeys compete at donkey Derby at Finmere.
FRENCH HONOUR BRAILLE Louis Braille is re-interred in the Tomb of the Great in Paris.
HEARING AID MUSEUM An illustration of hearing aids through the ages.
HOSPITAL KITCHEN kitchen for disabled at King's College Hospital
DISABLED ARTIST Disabled artist David Jackson, ex-RAF, paints by holding the brush in his mouth
BLIND MAN Stanley Turner was once blind, an operation allows him to see his home and family again.
AIDS FOR THALIDOMIDE CHILDREN An electric wheelchair is developed especially for thalidomide infants
GOLF PLUS HANDICAPS Limbless ex-servicemen, including Douglas Bader, meet to play golf.
A NEWS PICTURE THAT’S A TONIC Australian ex-servicemen have a good time at their
ULTRA CLOSE-UPS Normal objects are disguised by showing them in extreme close up.
MAKING ARTIFICIAL LIMBS IN ITALY Artificial limb making factory in Italy.
WHIP ROUND FOR GUIDE DOG Locals and street traders raise money towards guide dog for Peter Dann.
DISABLED SHOPPERS Christmas late night shopping for disabled
NIKOLAI SMIRNOV - SKIER WITHOUT LEGS Slalom skier masters slopes despite artificial legs
HOME FOR THE BLIND People doing various activities in home for blind people.
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN - BLIND PARENTS OF TWINS Blind parents take care of twins in Harlow.
BADER IN AUSTRALIA Legless wartime fighter ace brings encouragement to disabled Australian children.
SYDNEY - DOWNS SYNDROME CHILDREN New clinic for spastic paralysis victims in Sydney, Australia.
BLIND DIVER blind diver Miss Hazel Winter
DISABLED SPORTS Disabled people in wheelchairs take part in sports including javelin and archery
SPOTLIGHT ON POLIO Increase of cases of Infantile Paralysis disturbs the nation.
THE NOISE IS KILLING US Short item about the noise level and how it affects people's health.
GREEK CRIPPLE BOY WALKS AGAIN Sotiris Athanasiades receives treatment for his disabilities
QUEEN FREDERIKA VISITS CRIPPLED BOYS Queen Frederika of Greece visits Treloar College
ARMLESS ARTIST - PARIS FRANCE Denise Legris at home, she is able to write and paint proficiently.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY MEETS HELEN KELLER President John F. Kennedy meeting Helen Keller and Evelyn Seide
CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY Children with cerebral palsy enjoy making music at a Christmas party
PARAPLEGIC CENTRE EXTENDED A centre for disabled ex-miners in Porthcawl, Wales is opened.
HOLIDAY FOR BLITZ KIDS London blitz children going on holiday to Copenhagen, Denmark.
CORONATION AMBULANCE Ambulance donated to carry disabled war veterans to see the Coronation.
EXSERVICEMEN FIGHT ADVERSITY IN SPORT Blind ex-serviceman playing bowls in Australia
AIDS FOR THE DISABLED EXHIBITION An exhibition of aids for disabled people takes place
INVALID CAR RALLY Invalid potato race.
DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER OPENS NEW HOSPITAL FOR PARAPLEGICS
GARDENS FOR THE BLIND blind people smell and touch the flowers.
CARRIAGE RALLY Disabled people competitions - egg and spoon, cake off a string and obstacle race.
GRACIE FIELDS Gracie Fields sings for disabled children in London.
DISABLED MOTHER mother with no hands and husband washing baby
BLIND DARTS TEAM Dart competition for elderly blind men.
INVALID CHAIR Footage of new invalid car in use. Thames Ditton, Surrey.
BLIND FOOTBALLERS Football match between blind players in Victoria Soccer Association. Australia.
ITS AN IDEA Car for disabled people.
TESTING INVALID CAR New car for disabled people tested.
HAND PEDAL CYCLIST (aka BICYCLE) Disabled man rides a bike without using his legs.
PINE LODGE ART THERAPY Art Therapy Day Centre for Disabled
BLIND AERO MODELLER Item about blind man Robert Jones building model aircraft
BEDFORDSHIRE - FARMER WITH COURAGE Farmer who lost both legs in an accident still works on his farm.
GEORGE VI CHRISTMAS SPEECH - 1937 Soundtrack only recording of King George VI's Christmas speech.
INTERNATIONAL GAMES FOR DEAF AND DUMB AT WHITE CITY a team from Nazi Germany competes.
ONE ARMED GOLF TOURNAMENT Amputee golfers play golf with use of only one arm.
German Sheppard Dog And Blind Man
Sightless men (see) hydro electric wonders, when the blind trio visit power plant
THE INWARD LIGHT Making gramophone recordings of novels for Talking Book Library
FINGERLESS PIANIST man with missing fingers playing piano with new device.
PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD NO. 2 Sheep with extra leg
CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 49) A one legged stunt diver performing in Southland.
A MAN'S TRIUMPH Tom McAuliffe, the armless golfer, demonstrates his skills on the golf course
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 15 A girl using her feet for everyday tasks.
PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 33) A six-legged lamb
WHEN COURAGE LIGHTS ETERNAL DARKNESS Blind young man is helped by his friend / guide
CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 4) A new typewriter for the blind
PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 59) a tricycle for a one-legged
CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 62) Blind Viennese sculptor Berthold Ordner works in wire
OLIVER WAKEFIELD Oliver Wakefield tries to rouse the nation in his own particular style.
LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS The Sunshine Home school for blind children appeals for funds.
LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS The Sunshine Home school for blind children appeals for funds.
A FIGHTING SPIRIT Winston Churchill arriving in Dundee, Scotland.
SWIMMING UP THE SEINE Swimmers dive off bridges and swim up the river Seine
SOLDIERS' HOME Wounded French soldier at rest home in Northamptonshire.
EYES Artificial eyes are made at the Ministry of Pensions Optical Depot
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
NO LONGER ALONE Documentary about special schools for blind children with additional handicaps.
Susan Ball Weds: Star Puts Crutches Aside To Wed Actor
Deaf Mutes Sing Hymns In Pantomine
Acrobatics Aloft And On The Ground
17th Annual Blind Musicians Christmas Party
A Paralyzed Gifted 14-Year Old Boy
ROOSEVELT IN MALTA FDR sits in army jeep to inspect British troops in Malta.
NEWS IN FLASHES Pope blesses paraplegics.
NEW TYPING AID FOR DISABLED PEOPLE
The Handicapped Take The Spotlight
FRENCH HONOUR BRAILLE Louis Braille is re-interred in the Tomb of the Great in Paris.
Selected Originals CHAIRBORNE BASKET BALL COMPETITION
DISABLED VETERANS LEARN TRADES
NEW AID FOR CRIPPLES Artificial limbs give disabled children new freedom, London.
SANTA REMEMBERED THEM - PARTY FOR CRIPPLED LIBERIAN CHILDREN
AMPUTEE VETERANS AT QUEEN MARY'S WORKSHOP Men injured during the first world war learn new trades.
Student Draftsmen and Architects
PT FOR BABIES Exercises help physically disabled babies at Neumann-Neurode clinic. Hamburg, Germany.
AMPUTEE VETERANS AT QUEEN MARY'S WORKSHOP Men injured during the first world war learn new trades.
FISH FEEDER Mr. Laskey of New South Wales feeds shoals of tiny fish on loaf of bread.
PSA - Society for the Prevention of Blindness
THE SPIRIT THAT CONQUERS Disabled servicemen have tug of war watched by Lord Cheylesmore.
ONE ARMED TEST MODEL HOUSE Incredible doll house made for a girl by her one armed father.
BLIND GIRL RETURNS TO USA A blind girl with an Alsatian guide dog seen on board a liner ship.
GIRL PHOTOGRAPHER Windmill Girls have studio photos taken by wheelchair user Delia Durgeon.
BUDGERIGARS popularity of budgerigars.
PARALYSED MAN PASSES DRIVING TEST Paul Bates who is paralysed passes driving test.
St. Dunstan's School for Disabled Veterans
DEMONSTRATION IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE Rally in Trafalgar Square to advocate state aid for the blind.
DEAF CHILDREN Shots from the Thomasson Memorial School that teaches deaf children.
DUKE OF CONNAUGHT OPENS EXHIBITION OF TOYS MADE BY DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
SUMMER - SUNSHINE HOME Princess Margaret opens an home for blind babies in Southerndown.
AMPUTEE VETERANS AT QUEEN MARY'S WORKSHOP Men injured during the first world war learn new trades.
AN EFFICIENT SUBSTITUTE - ARTIFICIAL LIMBS aka VETERAN FITTED WITH ARTIFICIAL LIMB
12, SHE DRIVES BLIND FATHER A young girl drives her blind father around the busy streets of Paris.
QUEEN MOTHER AND PRINCESS MARGARET AT LORD ROBERTS WORKSHOPS Reel 1
NEW TREATMENT FOR THE YOUNG Revolutionary treatment for ill children
BLIND ARTIST Blind artist painting.
GRAHAM HILL Graham Hill leaving hospital.
PRINCESS MARY VISITS HOSPITAL Princess Mary visits soldier being rehabilitated at hospital.
Young Polio Victims - Physical Therapy
TRUE TO HER PROMISE Girl Marries Disabled WWI Veteran
BOY VISITS BUCKINGHAM PALACE Disabled Boy Visits Buckingham Palace
FRONT PAGE OCCASIONS QUEEN AND PRINCESSES VISIT SCHOOL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN AT CHAILEY
SCHOOL FOR POOR SIGHTED CHILDREN Footage of school in Czechoslovakia for poor sighted children.
ULTRASONIC TORCH New invention to help blind people - an ultrasonic torch replaces white stick.
TRIUMPH BLIND FARMER A blind ex-soldier finds his way around his stud farm by guide wires and cord.
NEW YEAR'S DINNER Disabled ex-servicemen are seen arriving for a New Year Dinner.
BLIND GARDENER blind gentleman at work in his garden.
DISABLED PEOPLE RETURNING FROM LOURDES SHRINE (aka CRIPPLES RETURN FROM LOURDES )
AMPUTEE VETERANS AT QUEEN MARY'S WORKSHOP Men injured during the first world war learn new trades.
OUR DAY One thousand disabled ex-servicemen march through Westminster.
INVALIDS WEDDING Disabled couple Edith Hough and Raymond Tulley marry at Trinity Church in Worthing.
AMPUTEE VETERANS AT QUEEN MARY'S WORKSHOP Men injured during the first world war learn new trades.
