ATV Today: 20.04.1970: Disabled Athletes

Summary

Barbara Blake interview with Peter McCranor and Neil McDonald who are disabled and run a stall at Coventry Market. They both play basketball and table tennis for the British Paraplegic team.

Year:

1970

Duration:

0:06:06

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

View of Coventry indoor market. Barbara Blake talks to Peter McCranor who owns a stall on the market and Neil McDonald who has joined the market staff venture. McDonald explains how they first met at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Next we see the pair playing wheelchair basketball in a sports hall. Barbara Blake continues her interview asking about their international paraplegic competitions and also their success in table tennis. McCranor also talks about the lack of disabled sport facilities in Coventry.


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