Why Eros?

The Shaftesbury Society has a number of schools and hostels in Britain to look after mainly physically handicapped people. The film concentrates on children with muscular dystrophy and spina bifida and shows them at various activities.

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Credits

production company

Behr Cinematography

director

Arnold Behr

Duration

00:25:55:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1975

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011948

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped - Great Britain

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped children - Care and treatment

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped - Recreation

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped children

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Spina Bifida

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Physically handicapped - Recreation

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1975

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