Sydney - Downs Syndrome Children (1940-1949)

Sydney, Australia. Title reads “Building a Future for Spastic Paralysis Victims“. Several shots of the new centre for spastic paralysis victims in Sydney. Mr and Mrs McClowd, the organisers of the centre. Children at centre playing. Various shots of the children at centre playing with toys, exercising, in the classroom during lectures, doing exercises on loan. More shots of the activities at the clinic, women getting the food ready, playing with children, helping children to have meal. Children learn to do things for themselves so they can have independent lives. 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 Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930),