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Heat Wave: International Paraplegic Games

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
55/62
Date Released
4 Aug 1955
Length of issue (in feet)
674
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1World News: Warsaw’s National Day
  2. 2World News: Shipwreck off Malta
  3. 3World News: New Amphibious Plane
  4. 4Heat Wave: Bank Holiday at Southend
  5. 5Heat Wave: International Paraplegic Games
  6. 6Heat Wave: Duke at Cricket
  7. 7Heat Wave: Duke at Sailing
  8. 8Heat Wave: British Runners Smash More Records

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Section Title
Heat Wave
Summary
Wheel-chair invalids from many lands show that helpless legs need not mean no more sport.
Keywords
Sport; Health and medicine; Athletics; Disabled persons
Locations
Buckinghamshire; Stoke Mandeville
Credits:
Cutter
George Clark
Camera
Grahame
Camera
John Corbett
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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