Christmas Thoughts for the Infirm

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1072

Date Released

19 Dec 1949

Date submitted

15 Dec 1949

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Thoughts for the Infirm. DESCRIPTION: At St Dunstan’s Sir Ian Fraser receives a parcel from Mr Mighell, Australian acting High Commissioner. Through the generosity of cinema-goers in Australia, there were Christmas parcels for 25,000 blinded ex-servicemen and women. At Seymour Hall, Marylebone, a big Christmas party was attended by nearly a thousand infantile paralysis victims. SHOTLIST: KS. GV of Blind Hospital. Interior - Mr Mighell presents food parcel to Sir Ian Fraser. SCU Fraser speaking (making a speech). Food parcels distributed to the blind with the aid of the blind. At Seymour Hall, infantile paralysis (Polio) victims. Shots of them seated & eating, shots of arrivals - interiors. Vera Lynn cuts huge Christmas cake. Crowds enjoying themselves. Balloons fall from ceiling. Comedienne singing "Knees Up Mother Brown".

Keywords

Celebrations and festivals; Disabled persons

Locations

St Dunstan’s

Card file number

52937

Credits:

Camera: David W. Samuelson
Camera: Hilton Craig
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

170

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