Unseen Horizons Reel 2 (1958)

c. 1958? Continued. At Heathersett (?), near Reigate in Kent we see several shots of young blind men and women at the residential centre that helps teenagers decide on which occupation to follow. Boys doing pottery, pastry work, bicycle repair / engineering or mechanics. Girl cooks a fried breakfast on a stove. Girls do flower arranging in living room; another puts a belt onto a garment. C/U of record going round. Blind and sighted teenagers at a local dance. Couples jiving to rock and roll music. The teenagers play a sort of musical chairs game. Couples dance to some more sedate music (quickstep). Exterior of Pembridge Place, London - RNIB training college for shorthand typists and telephonists. Blind girl with white stick goes inside. Blind girl learns how to use switchboard (some natural sound). Women of various ages and middle-aged man learn to type - natural sound as they type to a record of the ’William Tell Overture’ (very slow version!). Others learn to use Braille shorthand mac