Paraplegic Olympics

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2256
Date Released
28 Aug 1972
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Paraplegic Olympics. DESCRIPTION: Heidelberg was the setting for the Paraplegic Olympics. Here a handicap only gives a contestant a greater determination to succeed in their chosen sport. SHOTLIST: SV pan flags of various nations. SV pan parade of competitors in wheelchairs. GV pan crowds watching. CU pan competitor in wheelchair selects arrow and places it in bow. LV firing arrows into target. CU USA competitor in wheelchair looks through glasses. CU pan arrows in targets. GV pan interior crowds. SV competitor lying on back, weight-lifting. LV competitors in doubles table tennis. CU pan exterior man in chair manoeuvring round obstacles. SV people applauding. SV pan as he rides over ramp at speed. CU pan interior competitors playing basketball, ball in net. SV coloured girls applauding in wheelchairs. GV basketball in progress, ball in net. CU pan from medals on cushion to girl. SV official (Committee President) places medal over USA competitor’s head and then pats her face.
Keywords
Sport; Disabled persons
Locations
Germany; Heidelberg
Footage sources
France
Card file number
98405
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
114
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Paraplegic Olympics', British Movietone News Issue No. 2256, 28 Aug 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29538 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)