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Annual Paraplegic Games at Stoke Mandeville
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Founder of the Paralympics, Sir Ludwig Guttman at the International Stoke Mandeville Games in Buckinghamshire in 1975. Anglia TV reports.
Anglia Television cover the sporting action at the International Stoke Mandeville Games in Buckinghamshire in 1975, showing a competitive yet supportive community of para-sportsmen and women. Reporter Chris Young meets the Games' founder, Spinal Cord Injuries Unit Director Sir Ludwig Guttman, and there are interviews with participating athletes, in particular two wheelchair archers whose injuries in workplace accidents resulted in wheelchair dependency.
Forerunner to the Paralympics, the Stoke Mandeville Games evolved from its beginnings as rehabilitation for British World War II veteran patients in 1948, thanks to the pioneering spirit of the then Director of the Spinal Cord Injuries Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Sir Ludwig Guttman. Neurologist Guttman offered an holistic approach to treating patients, encouraging participation in sport not only to help develop a patient's muscles but to also enhance psychological well-being.