It makes you look a fool.
- Date:
- 1980
- Film
About this work
Description
A film intended for secondary schools about what it feels like to have mild epileptic fits, and then what to do and how to behave around someone who is fitting. A teenage girl using a sewing machine in class has an epileptic fit; she is embarrassed as she has to redo her work. How a scene when a boy has a seizure and falls to the ground and his classmates look on is imagined in the boy's and onlookers' minds. A teacher then goes on to tell student what epilepsy is and what to do when a seizure happens.
Publication/Creation
1980.
Physical description
2 film reels (12 min. each) : sound, colour, 16 mm
Contributors
Notes
Copy 1 is acetic and fading with scratches. Copy 2 is acetic with better colour than Copy 1.
Creator/production credits
Sponsored by Crowborough Round Table and Cygnet-Guild Communications Ltd. Produced for the British Epilepsy Association.
Copyright note
British Epilepsy Association.
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Access Closed stores7573F Copy 1Can't be requested Note
Location Status Access Closed stores7573F Copy 2By appointment Manual request