A history of the way in which language enlarged the communication capacity of the human animal and how the telephone expanded and transformed the functions of language. Made for the Bell Telephone Company in Canada.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
016233
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Animation → Animated films - Canada
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Telephone
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Language and languages
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)