A Day With Blinded Soldiers At St. Dunstans (1914 1918)

A Day With Blinded Soldiers and Sailors at St Dunstan s men are taught Braille, shorthand, typewriting, boot repairing. It is not forgotten that All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. St. Dunstan s Home, School for the Blind, Brighton, East Sussex. Opens with shot of a few men sitting at outdoor table weaving baskets. Next; men standing beside tables lined up like desks in a classroom; they are repairing boots. Men and women sitting in front of some machines may be Braille typewriters. Some men mending nets; with a lady looking over the work. Behind tall fence of chicken wire; 3 men holding cockerels or roosters. A merry scene: a dance held in the yard in front of the house; mostly they ve got enough women to go round; but there are men dancing together Next; 10 men walking on a path; with their arms on the preceding man s shoulder the first one may be sighted; otherwise it s the blind leading the blind. Rowing on the river. Then another walk; this time the men are wearing suits