Helping the Blind

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2307A
Date Released
23 Aug 1973
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Helping the Blind. DESCRIPTION: In New South Wales, Australia, braille maps to help the blind find their way around. SHOTLIST: SV people working in office. SV Tom Beaton making plan of aircraft. CU Beaton. CU plan of aircraft in braille. SV plan is put under a thermiform machine to reproduce it in braille form. CU dials on machine. SV machines lid being lifted. SV map being lifted out of machine. SV Beaton talking to assistant. SV two people around table. SV women typing and women reading aloud. SV braille machine. SV braille being put onto map. SV young blind boy reading braille then feels model of aircraft. CU blind boy’s face. SV Beaton with blind boy.
Keywords
Disabled persons
Locations
Australia; New South Wales
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
99314
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
125
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Helping the Blind', British Movietone News Issue No. 2307A, 23 Aug 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30023 (Accessed 13 Mar 2025)