Activities at the Sir Robert Jones Memorial Workshop for Cripples

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North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University

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Activities at the Sir Robert Jones Memorial Workshop for Cripples

North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University
Liverpool
1936-01-01
Silent
Audio description
27m

Bookbinding and a bagatelle: training for disabled people in the interwar years.

This fundraising film from the interwar years shows the Memorial Workshop's training programme for disabled people. The film focuses on skills acquired and facilities for the workers, including recreation time with table tennis, cards, and a bagatelle. Please note that this film contains outdated language which may be considered offensive.

This fundraising film from the interwar years shows the Memorial Workshop's training programme for physically disabled people. The film naturally accentuates the positive - the skills acquired, and facilities for the workers, including recreation time with table tennis, cards, and a bagatelle. Though the terminology used seems startling now, the film is simply using the language of its era.

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