Bruce Burgess, a 24 year-old cerebral palsy victim, realises an impossible dream - to climb a mountain. He manages to achieve this with the help of Graeme Dingle, one of New Zealand’s best known mountaineers. Emphasises the need for individual self-fulfilment despite physical or other limitations Narrated by David Yerix.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
013666
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - New Zealand
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cerebral palsy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped - Recreation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Sports for the physically handicapped
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Mountaineering
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Physically handicapped - Recreation
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports for the physically handicapped
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)