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IWAS Archives
IWAS Archives
As one of the founders of the Paralympic Movement and a descendant of the organisers of the first International Stoke Mandeville Games (the original Paralympic Games), IWAS has a wide and completely unique photographic and footage archive from the first days of Para sport.
These include:
- Images from the first Stoke Mandeville Games and International Stoke Mandeville Games
- Images from the first Paralympic Games (Rome 1960) and subsequent early editions
- Images of Sir Ludwig Guttmann, the father of the Paralympic Movement in various settings
Various footage is also available
The IWAS archives are available to broadcasters, filmmakers, publishers, authors, media and anyone other group with an interest in the Paralympic Games.