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Annual Paraplegic Games at Stoke Mandeville

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East Anglian Film Archive at the University of East Anglia
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Annual Paraplegic Games at Stoke Mandeville

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A competitive yet supportive community of para-sportsmen and women vie for gold.

Anglia reporter Chris Young meets the Games' founder, Sir Ludwig Guttman.

There are also interviews with participating athletes, in particular two wheelchair archers whose injuries in workplace accidents resulted in wheelchair dependency.

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