Deals with the treatment and care of children crippled by cerebral palsy and poliomyelitis. The program of treatment is designed to integrate children into society. Demonstrates how training and practice in the handling of toys and hobby materials can be transformed into handling of tools and utensils necesary for everyday life. Photographed in a summer camp, the film ends as a small boy leaves his parents to take his first steps on a crowded city street. Academy Award winner for best short documentary 1947. Narrated by Winston O’Keefe.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
305640
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Academy awards (Motion pictures)
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cerebral palsy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped - Care and treatment
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped children - Development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped children - Rehabilitation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mentally handicapped children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Poliomyelitis
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)