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.
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