ITALY. Rome. Villa Savoia. 1948.
This home for crippled children is one of many such institutions in Italy to take care of the large numbers of mutilated children. Organized formerly by King UMBERTO, this home still receives money from the late Royal family and is run by Catholic nuns. It has nearly 100 inmates, mutilated by war, accidents, playing with war surplus ammunition etc. The blind learn to read braille and the others are taught how best to make use of the limbs they have.
Here some of the children play with a ball in the grounds of the Home. In spite of their missing limbs they have a lot of agility, and are encouraged to develop their remaining muscles with such exercise.