From silence to speech

Australia, 1954

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Training children to speak in Victorian institutions for the education of the deaf. It is essential that deaf children begin education early, and at the Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten, children are taught to lipread in order to associate lip movements with vocal sounds. As they grow older, children continue to the Victorian School for Deaf Children where they continue speech training, commence primary education, play games, learn handcrafts, carpentry and domestic training.

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Credits

director

Geoffrey Thompson

production company

Cine Service

Duration

00:21:10:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1954

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

320717

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Education of children

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Deaf - Education

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education of children

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Speech therapy for children

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children, Deaf

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Education of children

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Speech therapy for children

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children, Deaf

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Deafness

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Lipreading

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped - Care - Victoria

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped children

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Speech disorders in children

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Speech therapy for children

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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