Handicap Overcome

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1730A
Date Released
2 Aug 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Handicap Overcome. DESCRIPTION: 22 countries were represented at this year’s international Paraplegic Games at Stoke Mandeville. It’s 10 years since the games were started here, then only on a national basis. Today, the experiment has drawn recruits from every continent. The blunt, unsentimental truth is that if you are paralysed, you have to try to overcome it by doing what’s least expected of you. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MLS entrance to Stoke Mandeville Games. Parade by teams (4 shots). GV basketball game in progress. MCU spectators (3 shots). MS basketball game. MS spectators (2 shots) MS basketball game. CU same. MS bowls (2 shots) CU same. Javelin throwing (3 shots). Putting the shot (3 shots). Archery in progress CU target. MS competitors. MS target. CU weight lifting. MS crowd. MS man receives trophy.
Keywords
Sport; Disabled persons
Locations
Buckinghamshire; Stoke Mandeville
Card file number
84830
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
81
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Handicap Overcome', British Movietone News Issue No. 1730A, 2 Aug 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24730 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)