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  1. 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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  2. Why Planes Vanish (2014)

    Director
    Miles O’Brien; Tristan Quinn
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology

    Television documentary. The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in 2014 stunned the world. In an era of smart-phones and GPS, how could a 270-ton passenger jet vanish? The programme tells the...

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  3. 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,...

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  4. 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...

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  5. 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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  6. Royal National Institute For The Blind

    Video thumbnail
    Date released
    Nov 1968
    Series name
    Roundabout
    Issue no
    78
    NoS ID
    327884
    Story no
    3 / 5

    COI synopsis: The Royal National Institute for the Blind’s centenary exhibition of the latest aids for blind people.

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  7. Movietone’s Review of the War Time News Described by Leslie Mitchell: Jb Priestley Exhorts "People to Sing"

    Date released
    29 Jul 1940
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    582
    NoS ID
    011010
    Story no
    1 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: JB Priestley. DESCRIPTION: The famous author turned broadcaster tells a gathering in aid of the Greater London Fund for the Blind to let "People sing". SHOTLIST: Mr Priestley addresses...

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  8. Sewing Blind

    Date released
    23 Dec 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2064
    NoS ID
    027684
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sewing Blind. DESCRIPTION: From Sweden, a Sewing Machine specially designed for operation by blind people. Controls can be adjusted by feel and loading are threading are remarkably...

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  9. News from France: Parisian Guide Dogs

    Date released
    27 Feb 1958
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    58/17
    NoS ID
    108069
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    France has a waiting list for 42,000 blind people waiting for trained guide dogs.

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  10. Suresh Joshi on Bhopal gas disaster (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Broadcaster Suresh Joshi recalls the horror of seeing the victims of the Bhopal gas leak (03/12/84). He thinks that more than 6,000 people have died, and says most people do not know what happened. The...

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