Disability Heritage Collection Highlight
UK Disability History Month takes place annually between the 16th of November and the 16th of December. The films within this Gallery highlight over 50 years of film and video documenting London’s Disability heritage. Featuring films from the British Deaf Association, Hammersmith & Fulham Local Studies & Archives, Enfield Local Studies Library and Archive and Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives.
Films in this gallery
Hour of Darkness
Short fictional story of a woman who dates two military men during wartime, one of whom is blind.
Access to Services
A reference video for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Residents of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Disabled Sports Day 18 August 1985
Video material shot at a sports event for people with disabilities.
Why Can't You See Me?
A video explaining council services for residents who have problems with their sight.
The Silent Hope
Film in which George Chatterton (Commander of the Glider Pilot Regiment in WWII) visits Ackmar Road Primary School for Deaf…
Harlech Summer School 1954
Touching record of the British Deaf Association’s trip to Wales in 1958.
Exeter Summer School
British Deaf Association summer school trip to Exeter attended by over 100 members.
Mountain Venture (Original)
This colour silent film from 1960 shows members of the British Deaf Association on a summer trip to the Lake…
4th International Games for the Deaf, London Part 1
4th International Games for the Deaf, London Part 1
Deaf Club Holiday in Bournemouth
Tag along with the Deaf Club as they bask in the sunshine in Bournemouth, visit the Italian Villa at Compton…
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