New Typing Aid For Disabled People (1967)

Sydney, Australia. Title reads ’Typing by Tube’. Various shots of Mr David Hyde at Prince Henry Hospital in Sydney seated in a wheelchair showing Australian disabled people his invention of control of equipment by blowing through a thin tube. He activates a typewriter and works a tape recorder and telephone just by blowing down this thin tube. CU. Tape deck turning. People looking on. CU. Typewriter at work. People looking on. Mr Hyde blowing the tube and tape recorder working. Patients trying out the tube - they are given the instructions how to blow. David Hyde puffing through his tube next to his machinery. (Comb. F/G). Date found in the old record - 22/10/1967. 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