Penny parade.

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1964
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Penny parade. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

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.

Publication/Creation

UK : Scope, 1964.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (12.31 min.) : sound, color

Duration

00:12:31

Copyright note

Scope

Terms of use

Unrestricted
CC-BY-NC-ND

Language note

In English

Creator/production credits

Directed by Peter Lambert, produced by Margaret K. Johns and conceived and written by Ian Dawson Shepherd. Produced by Libertas Films for the Spastics Society. Penny voiced by Frank Duncan.

Notes

This film was donated to Wellcome Trust by Scope.

Contents

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 £100. The actress Sylvia Syms, a member of the Stars Organisation for Spastics, comes to the pub to help celebrate the large collection. Other celebrities of the day are shown selling Spastics Society Christmas cards. A man with cerebral palsy is shown printing the cards out. The penny also suggests that people buy jewellery made by people with cerebral palsy as a gift. A football pool that donates to the Spastics Society is also discussed. The penny also asks for volunteers as well as donations, to help collect money and help in the clinics. A local clinic is shown, with children playing and having physiotherapy. Harry Secombe also asks people to make out a deed of covenant to the Spastics Society, via the Inland Revenue. At the end of the film, a boy with cerebral palsy walks up to the camera between giant columns of pennies, and smiles. Time start: 00:06:11:20 Time end: 00:12:31:08 Length: 00:06:19:17

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