This film profile of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone and pioneer in many other fields of technology, including heavier-than-air flight, is a warmly human story. Full of anecdotes, it tells the story of a man whose main concern was finding a way to alleviate the problems of the deaf. It is told largely through photographs of Bell, of his wife who was deaf, of their spacious retreat at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, and of people who shared in his work and experiments. Written by Strowan Robertson, photography by David de Volpi.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003929
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Telecommunication
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Communication devices for disabled
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Deafness
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hearing impaired
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Inventions
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Inventors
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)