Penny parade
digital file Colour Sound 1964 12:31
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Summary: An upbeat film presented by Harry Secombe, Chairman of the Stars Organisation for Spastics, and featuring an animated penny, showing how the public's donations are helping the Spastic Society's many projects and how more donations are needed. 2 segments.
Title number: 18081
LSA ID: LSA/21238
Description: Segment 1 Stop-frame animated pennies roll down a street to military music and form ranks. One penny addresses them from a podium and explains that 'common coppers' like them are doing good work. Harry Secombe is seen, and he agrees that the pennies are helping the Spastics Society greatly. He talks about what the Spastics Society are doing with the donations, and photographs of schools for children with cerebral palsy are shown, and Harry Secombe talks about the work that is done there. The penny rolls across a map of Britain, proud at what it has achieved, but Harry Secombe says that it is not enough. Dr Charles Stevens, the Director of the Spastics Society, then appears and talks about the support that the Spastics Society needs. He shows some model plans for buildings, including a workshop in Birmingham. The research unit at Guy's Hospital is also shown. The pennies then show how people can donate their money to the Spastics Society, and ask people to donate using collecting boxes in shops. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:06:11:20 Length: 00:06:11:20 Segment 2 A pub with a large collecting box is shown, which has raised -
Credits: Directed by Peter Lambert, produced by Margaret K. Johns and conceived and written by Ian Dawson Shepherd. Penny voiced by Frank Duncan.
Further information: This film was donated to Wellcome Trust by Scope.
Keywords: Cerebral Palsy; Disabled Persons
Locations: United Kingdom; England
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