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Riding For The Disabled

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
761
Date Released
1973
Filmed
Jul 1973
Length of issue (in feet)
175
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Riding For The Disabled

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: These days sport is recognised as one of the best ways of encouraging the handicapped to lead a normal life. In Britain, with the help of the Riding for the Disabled Association, clubs have been springing up all over the country. Michele Brown visits a group in Bedfordshire which has seen astonishing results.
Researcher Comments
Includes library footage of Princess Anne, the Association’s patron, with disabled riders
Keywords
Sport; Horses; Disabled persons
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 936/761
Credits:
Camera
AI Films
Production Co.
AI Films
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Director
Joy Adamson
Support services
Mary Sprent
Presenter
Michele Brown
Presenter
Silverio Perez Salas
Producer
Tony Hinton

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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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