Disabled Sports (1953)

Disabled sports. Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. C/U man in wheelchair throwing javelin, the crowd applauds. Various shots as other men throw javelins from their wheelchairs. M/S of men preparing bows and arrows prior to archery tournament. M/S of crowd watching. M/S of competitors in their wheelchairs raising their bows, one fires. Various shots as they fire their bows and arrows, C/U as they hit the targets. M/S of crowd looking on, a man and woman walk to the targets to write down the scores. Various shots as men and women play a game like netball from their wheelchairs. M/S as a man throws the ball up and gets it through the hoop. 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 136,00