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Room for Manoeuvre (1980 Film, Video)

Director

David Percy

Producer

Cleeve Barr

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Looks at the accommodation and care of severely handicapped people. Shows six severely handicapped people in their homes talking about the way they live and their desire to live, as far as possible, normal...

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Safety and the Disabled (1984 Video)

Producer

Gordon Thomson

Subject

Health & safety

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 14 min.

Highlights hazards facing disabled people in their everyday lives and describes problems encountered during emergency evacuation. Guidelines are provided for avoiding and correcting hazards and procedures...

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Declining Citizenship (1998 Video)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the citizenship status of older people and particularly the changes in welfare provision for them in final two decades of the 20th century. Among the issues explored are defining the most important...

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Educating Brian (1985 Video)

Director

Maurice Stevens

Producer

Robert Davies; Jimmy Wright

Subject

Information technology; Social welfare

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min.

Brian is a young research physicist in the electronics industry who is interested in voice synthesis and robotics. He lives with a pet robot who fetches, carries and talks to him. One day a role reversal...

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Hard Times (1970 Film)

Director

Richard Broad

Producer

Ian Martin

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses poverty in Britain in the 1970s. Old age pensioners, unsupported mothers and disabled people describe their difficulties.

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Fashion Through the Ages (1994 Video)

Director

Victor Richards

Producer

Victor Richards

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £27.00 (+p&p)

A video fashion show staged at the Porsche nightclub in Birmingham in which youg people recreate the atmosphere and style of clothes worn by black people in Britain from the 1950s to the present.

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Too Handicapped to Leave? (198 Video)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col.

Concerns the resettlement of mentally handicapped people who have often spent many years in hospital surroundings. The tape is made up of interviews with doctors, nurses, handicapped people and their parents.

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Getting Through: Young People and Communication (1996 Video)

Subject

Education; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Video-based training pack looking at communication in the context of everyday life and relationships. Aimed at 14-18 year-olds, young people are encouraged to talk about what goes wrong with communication...

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Educating Mentally Handicapped People. Part 2: The Picture of Health (1981 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences; Social welfare

Distribution

out of distribution, Tape-slide. Audiocassette. 13 min. + 50 slides. col.

A guide for the individual to follow in the way of exercise, sleep, diet and hygiene, which includes bathing, washing and care of the teeth.

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Docklands People. Tape 12 (1991)

Director

Terry Lynch

Distribution

Reference only, Videocassette. Betacam.

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