Learning on ScreenHelping the Handicapped: Fit A Limb
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Coping with a physical handicap, whether congenital, or as the result of illness or accident, can be a daunting task. Today’s programme features three people with differing physical problems. With the help of modern technology, they have achieved a new independence and freedom. Terry Scott severed part of his right leg in a motorcycle accident. Undeterred, he enjoys a full, active life, which includes a lorry driving job. Thanks to a British medical research team, who have developed a new type of artificial limb socket made from thermoplastic cones, he can even play football with his children.
- Researcher Comments
- Story also appears in ‘Living Tomorrow No. 304’
- Keywords
- Health and medicine; Science and technology; Engineering; Disabled persons; Design
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/263
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Fred Goodland
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - 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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