Blind Soldiers Typewriting

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

271-2

Date Released

4 Nov 1916

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Russians in Macedonia
2. 2Help for the Allies
3. 3Russian Internment Camp
4. 4Work at St Dunstan’s
5. 5Blind Soldiers Typewriting

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Men receiving instruction in manipulating the keyboard of a typewriter." Continuation of above item. Close shot of a woman’s hands guiding a blind man’s over typewriter keys. Medium close shot of her giving him instructions. Two blind men seated at a table with objects in their hands receiving instruction from a woman. Close shot of hands operating the keys to a ticker tape machine. Panning shot of men seated in room typing.

Keywords

Casualties; Disabled persons

Length of story (in feet)

57

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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