Riding For The Disabled
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: These days sport is recognised as one of the best ways of encouraging the handicapped to lead a normal life. In Britain, with the help of the Riding for the Disabled Association, clubs have been springing up all over the country. Michele Brown visits a group in Bedfordshire which has seen astonishing results.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes library footage of Princess Anne, the Association’s patron, with disabled riders
- Keywords
- Sport; Horses; Disabled persons
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/761
- Credits:
-
- Production Co.
- AI Films
- Camera
- AI Films
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Director
- Joy Adamson
- Support services
- Mary Sprent
- Presenter
- Michele Brown
- Presenter
- Silverio Perez Salas
- Producer
- Tony Hinton
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'Riding For The Disabled', This Week In Britain Issue No. 761, 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329002 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)