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Post by schlager7 on Jun 14, 2009 9:33:55 GMT -6
While working through old footage of fencing, I found this. It is a very brief clip of wheelchair women's foil from the 5th Paralympic Games in 1956. Apologies now for the choppy editing.
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Post by Mario on Jun 20, 2009 17:58:40 GMT -6
If this clip is from 1956 then it would probably be from a former Stokes Mandeville Games which preceded the Paralympic Games by several years.
I believe, (and I might be incorrect,) but I think the first Paralympic Games were in 1960 in Rome.
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Post by schlager7 on Jan 24, 2010 21:13:12 GMT -6
I found one more (very) brief clip. This if from what appears to labelled "2nd International Paraplegic Championships" in Brussels. The year is 1960. There is a notation in French:
"Ces compétitions sportives seront cette année officialisées à ROME au lendemain des Jeux Olympiques."
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