The story of
Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games
In the summer of 1948, neurologist Ludwig Guttmann set up a sporting competition between patients. It was the birth of the Paralympic Games.
Series
English Institute of Sport Website
Catalogue reference: PF 263
What's it about?
PF 263
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the English Institute of Sport website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive using the links listed below (for a general explanation of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PF 263
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Title (The name of the record)
- English Institute of Sport Website
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Date (When the record was created)
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From 2008
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the English Institute of Sport website.
[Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive using the links listed below (for a general explanation of these parallel links, please see the Arrangement field)]:
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Please see information at Divisional level.
This series contains more than one link to the 'snapshots' of this website. For some websites, the URL may change periodically. Despite this change to the URL these websites are part of the same record series as they represent the department or organisation's presence on the web at the time. Occasionally, more than one domain URL to the same website may run in parallel creating an overlap.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the UK Sports Institute YouTube channel in PF 436
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 2017-2017
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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archived website(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Gathered from original website
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Official publications
- Sports
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Future website versions may be anticipated.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The English Institute of Sport (EIS) rebranded as the UK Sports Institute (UKSI) in April 2023.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17204904/
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