Preservation of the Sign Language

Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)

December 31st, 19130h 14min

Documentary
46%

Overview

George Veditz, one-time president of the National Association of the Deaf of the United States, outlines the right of deaf people to sign instead of speak. The film is presented in American Sign Language and has no sub- or intertitles.


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