Lord Snowdon and Raymond Burr, Chairmobile demonstration

Mar. 03, 1972 - RAYMOND BURR TRIES OUT THE NEW AID FOR THE DISABLED. RAYMOND BURR, famous for his role as the wheelchair detective in the television series A Man Called Ironside tried out the Chairmobile - a new aid for the disabled designed by Lord Snowdon, which was demonstrated in London today. Lord Snowdon's invention - an electrically powered platform on which a chair is mounted - represents a major sociological advance for disabled people. It allows the physically handicapped to move around homes, offices, factories - even supermarkets and stores in a chair of their choice. It may be driven with only one arm and so finger mobility is required. And under certain circumstances it can be operated by a person with no hands at all. KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS: Raymond Burr seated in the new Chairmobile, with LORD SNOWDON, at today's demonstration in London

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