Body Politic

Spot the film and soap stars of the future as John Hurt plays a disabled teenager befriended by some biker boys.

Take a look at the creative inventions offered at the Disabled Living Foundation, that provide much needed solutions for independent living.

The Solihull centre that offered training for an eager workforce traditionally rejected by the world of work.

Excellent portrait of post-war rehabilitation services for those who lost limbs in the war, imbued with that Blitz spirit

Do wheelchairs liberate or constrain? The early years of Stoke Mandeville hospital and the Paralympics.

Insightful look at the work of the then-young British Theatre of the Deaf and its founder, Pat Keysell.

Putney plays host to rowing races between soldiers who lost their sight during the war and blind students from Worcester College.

Founder of the Paralympics, Sir Ludwig Guttman at the International Stoke Mandeville Games in Buckinghamshire in 1975. Anglia TV reports.

Anglia TV report on 'Club 52', a social enterprise founded by Norwich resident Jean Jurak, that offers the housebound a new lease of life.

From donkey rides to sports day: a year in the life of the hearing impaired of Derby.

Dedicated volunteers from Halifax provide a talking newspaper service for locals on cassettes, strangely not motivated by money.

Anglia TV visit the Norfolk & Norwich Toy Library where the mums can get-together while the children enjoy much needed time to play.

The Inskip League of Friendship tackles social isolation for people with physical disabilities.

Judy Finnigan reports on the safety of the Invacar, chatting to disability campaigner Douglas Campbell at Ashwellthorpe Hall in Norfolk.

A typical day at Burwood Park, a boarding school for deaf children, features in this film made by two of its pupils, Alan Loft and Michael Chawner

Police Constable learns to read differently.

Including disabled people in the workforce through gadgets and aides

A training film, made in Cumbria, Gwent and Peckham Rye, revealing government thinking in the early 1980s

Downham School opens its doors to deliver a very special education.

Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education's perform in a fancy dress pageant.

At Silverstone, the home of British Motor Sports, disabled driver Martin Sharpe warms up 'Big Sam', a Datsun 240Z, ready for a big race.

The opening of Hereward College in 1971 represented a major advance in access to education for young disabled people.

A group of children with disabilities enjoy a day in the saddle.

Disabled people working in the community in Oldham.

Signed instruction opens up a world of activities for deaf children at Drake's Island Adventure Centre in Plymouth Sound.

From the socially dead to community care – a case study in re-humanising disabled people

Before we were the Superhumans: a genteel look at disabled people at sport and leisure in the 1970s

See how Janet and Tony cope with the challenge of communicating with their hearing colleagues as the young adults enter the world of work

How accessible was 1980s Britain? Find out here.

One of the Troop - awkward attempts at including disabled young people in Scouting in the Sixties

Alf Morris, Minister for the Disabled explains why use of the Invacar is to be phased out, to the dismay of some disabled drivers.

The 'invalid carriage': a vital mobility aid or a death trap on three wheels?

Disabled motorists take on the Government and corner a Minister in the process.

Bricklayers, lawyers, teachers – disabled men and women are encouraged to retrain for new jobs

Silverstone Circuit, home of British Motor Sports host an event for disabled drivers, with Prince Charles taking a turn on the assault course.

A one-armed soldier is among those shown diligently manufacturing poppies on the 10th anniversary of Armistice Day at a factory in Richmond.

Teachers and pupils of 3 schools in Trafford, Stevenage and Coventry make the case for the acceptance of difference without discrimination.

“Disabled workers are good workers”. Sir Douglas Bader visits a Chelmsford Job Centre to launch his new “Fit for Work” scheme for the disabled.

St Loye's College shows its enabling training courses on offer.

Rare home movie capturing sporting action in 1967 at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, birthplace of the Paralympics.

“A Magna Carta for disabled people” – the ground-breaking 1970 legislation that transformed lives.

A new home and a new beginning - disabled filmmaker John Thorpe records his own house move.

Visitors look around a new training centre for the disabled in St Austell.

Watch out for the early use of fishing as Mindfulness in this slow-paced reflection on mental health.

A pleasure boat trip for a group from the Merseyside Society for Deaf People.

From Selly Oak to Birmingham's Head Post Office in a wheelchair - how hard could it be?

Broken clocks, basket-weaving and compulsory cheeriness – a glimpse into how disabled servicemen were prepared for civilian life in the 1950s

Activities at St. Dunstan’s hostel for blind soldiers in Regent’s Park.

The Pinner Cine Society looks at the work of Northwood's welfare services.