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Title: GUIDE THEM ON THEIR WAY

Reference number: 1841

Date: 1960s

Sponsor: Lanarkshire Spastics Association

Production company: SEFA

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 12.45 mins

Description: An appeal film for the Alexander Anderson Home for Spastics in Wishaw. Fund raising events, attended by local MPs and Max Bygraves.

Please note original film is in poor physical condition.

Made as an appeal film, shown at local clubs, etc. Arthur Wilson, a miner, seen diving into 20ft. deep shaft known as the "Wishing Well", to retrieve coins thrown in by miners on pay day. He did this at the Glasgow Fair and Christmas for 13 years. Raised £200-£300 at a time for the Home. He only stopped when the colliery closed around 1974.

Credits: sd. rec. Park Film Studios
comm. Tom Smith
John Baird, Charles T. Kerr
[Max Bygraves]

Shotlist: Credits. gvs Alexander Anderson Home for Spastics at Wishaw. Shots of pupils and activities, staff and surroundings. Shots of fund raising events, shop, Arthur Wilson diving into shaft of Kingshill Colliery, open day and raffle attended by local MPs and Max Bygraves. Max does a piece to camera appealing for help. gvs children in the Home (12.45 minsc)