October 6th it will be 80 years since the first Guide dog
Guide Dogs Week 1 – 9 October 2011
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We’re counting down to Guide Dogs Week! It’s going to be a great celebration of our 80th anniversary, with amazing events across the UK.
We have lots of ideas on how you can ‘Go for 80‘, and you can find out how our local teams are getting ready in the Guide Dogs Week blog. Please use the blog to tell us about your plans too.
Get involved now – Go for 80!
This video has been created to celebrate 80 years of creating over 29,000 guide dog partnerships setting blind and partially sighted people on the road to freedom.
Below is a description of the shots that make up this short film.
The video begins with the Guide Dogs logo in blue on a black background followed by a shot of a new born puppy being taken out of an incubator.
Lots of guide dog puppy playing and running to the camera.
Footage of a guide dog owner walking along a scenic road with mountains in the background.
Old footage of the original guide dog partnerships play in a montage sequence moving through the decades to present day.
Images of people having a good time at a musical concert.
Shots of volunteers, staff, guide dog owners and their dogs.
Shots of people fundraising — running, hiking, skydiving, kayaking.
Shots of guide dog owners walking freely with their dogs.
Silhouette of a guide dog owner standing by a lake while the sun sets behind.
Final slide — web address: www.guidedogs.org.uk/gofor80/
