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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

8234

Title

[HENSHAWS SOCIETY FOR BLIND PEOPLE TV APPEAL]

Producer

BBC for Henshaws Society for Blind People

Date

1975

Gauge

16mm

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

5 mins 22 secs

Description

Geoffrey Wheeler presents an appeal for Henshaws Society for Blind People. Footage of the Belmont hotel in Llandudno, a specialist hotel designed for the visually impaired, along with a brief excerpt of an interview with one of the patrons. Footage from Henshaws' School for the Blind in Harrogate, with footage of the schoolchildren playing in a gymnasium, in a home economics class and having a group sing-a-long. Ends with Geoffrey Wheeler making a direct appeal for donations on behalf of the institution.

 

 



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