Blind School (1942)

Blind school. Worcester, near Cape Town, South Africa. L/S of a school for the blind, children file out. M/S of them inside learning through touch with such things as building blocks, wooden shapes and dough like substances. Good shots of children reading with Braille. Older girls learn to touch type and boys learn geography through relief maps. Various shots of boys and girls doing physical training. Boys do exercises on benches and girls do League of Health movements and graceful dancing poses. Various shots of older boys doing different jumps over vaulting horse. Cataloguer’s note: this is a very good item. 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 Gau