Ingenuity Defeats Infirmity (1940)

Full title reads: “Ingenuity Defeats Infirmity“. Sydney, Australia. VS of crippled / wheelchair bound man Roy Lord demonstrating his own vehicle which is a converted motorcycle and side car which he drives from the side car by specially constructed controls. Shots of him driving around in his vehicle with is wife and mother on board. CU of him singing to his own accompaniment on slide guitar. (Dublin reel) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the