Snowdon Wheelchair

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

103

Date Released

1972

Length of issue (in feet)

479

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Snowdon Wheelchair
2. 2Hydraulic Motors
3. 3Whole Body Monitor

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: In conversation with Lord Snowdon one day the London journalist, Quentin Crewe who is disabled, was explaining the problems, both physical and psychological, of wheelchair life. As a result Lord Snowdon designed an entirely new type of wheelchair, and during a studio discussion he and Quentin Crewe put the chair through its paces.

Keywords

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

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/103

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Howard Williams

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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