Sewing Blind

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2064
Date Released
23 Dec 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sewing Blind. DESCRIPTION: From Sweden, a Sewing Machine specially designed for operation by blind people. Controls can be adjusted by feel and loading are threading are remarkably simple. SHOTLIST: CU Mrs Betty Alner handling sewing machine. CU ditto. CU ditto threading bobbin. CU spool spinning. Pan in on machine. 2 MSs of sewing machine. CU needle of sewing machine. MCU Mrs Alner working on material. CU needle sewing material. MS Mrs Alner and machine. MCU Mrs Alner reading braille instruction book. CU ditto. Pan in Mrs Alner working on machine and controls. Pan out ditto. CU foot controls. CU needle sewing. MCU Mrs Alner. MS ditto with doll.
Keywords
Domestic life; Inventions and discoveries; Disabled persons
Locations
London; United Kingdom
Card file number
94263
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sewing Blind', British Movietone News Issue No. 2064, 23 Dec 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27684 (Accessed 22 May 2025)