Illuminating The Handicapped

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

133

Date Released

1974

Length of issue (in feet)

494

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Megavolt Power Lines
2. 3Motorway Muck
3. 4Illuminating The Handicapped

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: One way of getting through to severely handicapped children is literally to colour their world. Coloured patterns from a projector calm a restless child - the water in a swimming pool bathes children in light changing from pink to blue, and they respond.

Keywords

Children; Science and technology; Engineering; Disabled persons; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/133

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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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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