This film documents what was, for its time, a revolutionary breakthrough in occupational therapy - the pursuit of simple industrial vocation in sheltered workshops. A range of Victorian sheltered workshops are surveyed, and the filmmakers are keen to promote the greater satisfaction afforded their subjects by work which is both financially rewarding and socially useful.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321396
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Sheltered workshops
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Sheltered workshops
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped - Employment
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped - Rehabilitation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mentally handicapped - Care - Victoria
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Occupational therapy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped - Care - Victoria
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)