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Helping the Blind

Date released

23 Aug 1973

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2307A

NoS ID

030023

Story no

2 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Helping the Blind. DESCRIPTION: In New South Wales, Australia, braille maps to help the blind find their way around. SHOTLIST: SV people working in office. SV Tom Beaton making plan of...

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Vision of the Blind, The (1976 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines a new way of understanding blindness and the blind, demonstrating a range of ways in which blind people are coping with their difficulties. Also highlights the problems of blind children.

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Tempest, The (2012 Film)

Director

Rob Curry; Anthony Fletcher

Producer

Rob Curry; Anthony Fletcher

Low-budget independent film. The directors enlist a multiracial group of 17 young people from South London to do a workshop on The Tempest. During rehearsals the teenagers comment on the negative attention...

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David Blunkett on life, disability and politics (1995)

Genre

Interview; News bulletin; Trailer

Labour MP for Sheffield David Blunkett speaks to Frank Bough about his autobiography On a Clear Day which focuses on his early life and how he got into politics. He talks about overcoming his disability,...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Enable The Disabled Week - nd [1981]

International Year of the Disabled People - 1981. This programme is to help everybody to understand better this issue. Interviews with some disabled persons talking about their problems, one mother of a girl...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

National Schools Radio Network

Date

5 Sep 2014, 14:31

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

SchoolsRadio aims to foster interest in radio particularly for dyslexic students and the visually impaired. Peter Thompson provides an overview of this project’s development and initiatives. First...

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Ultrasonic Torch

Date released

28 Jan 1968

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

68/9

NoS ID

112934

Story no

5 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

New eyes for the blind. A hand-held torch-sized aid for blind people has been developed. It replaces the walking stick by sending out sound waves to warn its user of approaching obstructions.

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New Technology for Blind People: A Revolution for Libraries (1985 Video)

Subject

Librarianship

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 20 min.

Shows the latest developments in new technology applied to the needs of the visually handicapped. The Kurzweil reading machine, Viewscan and Optacon are demonstrated at the Resources Unit for the Visually...

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Sound Alternative, A: Computing and the Blind (1986 Video)

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1997 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The Open University has pioneered the use of information technology to help its blind students. This programme follows two students who have been involved with the ‘Computing and the Blind’ project,...

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Blind People Now Carry White Sticks for Greater Security in Street

Date released

31 Dec 1931

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

154

NoS ID

138433

Story no

7 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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