Chance Encounter
A brief encounter between film director David Lean and Leonard Cheshire, who speaks about his work in India for disabled people.
A brief encounter between film director David Lean and Leonard Cheshire. Lean directs and appears in this film in which he tells how he became interested in the work of Cheshire in India to support disabled people. Leonard Cheshire speaks of setting up the Raphael home in the foothills of the Himalayas, as well as his plans for the future.
Lean was friendly with Cheshire and no doubt directed this low-budget film, produced on behalf of the Ryder-Cheshire charity, free of charge.