Crippled Children (1940)

Frankstown hospital for disabled children. Victoria, New South Wales. Australia. Various shots as two young girls play a game of tennis outside whilst others watch from their hospital beds. M/S showing one of the tennis players has a false leg. M/S of boys playing cricket from their beds, they bat and field quite easily whilst lying down. M/S of two boys boxing whilst lying down on their beds. M/S as nurse takes a boy’s temperature. M/S as other nurses crowd around the winning boxer and shake his hand, they laugh and give him flowers. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-