Thursday's Children (1954)
• May 1st, 1954 • 0h 21min
Documentary
Overview
Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton's calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and courage of the children. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with British Film Institute in 2005.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Art Director
Released on: 1949-11-12
Documentary
A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This s...
Chicken Real
Released on: 1970-01-01
Documentary
One of Les Blank's industrial films, which follows a Holly Farms "broiler" chicken from factory incu...
Wonderland of California
Released on: 1933-01-01
Documentary
Short film made up of various clips showcasing the Cinecolor process, including a visit to a Marx Br...
California's Golden Beginning
Released on: 1948-01-01
Documentary
A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John ...
Showman
Released on: 1963-01-02
Documentary
Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter) directed this 53-minute documentary about movie tycoon Jose...
Appointment in Tokyo
Released on: 1945-12-07
Documentary, War, History
Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces an...
Primary
Released on: 1960-11-08
Documentary
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphre...
Kid City
Released on: 1972-01-01
Documentary
Documentarian Jon Boorstin follows architect Frank Gehry and his sister, Doreen Gehry Nelson, as the...
On the Pole: Eddie Sachs
Released on: 1961-08-31
Documentary
A direct-cinema portrait of Indianapolis 500 driver Eddie Sachs, filmed before, during, and after th...
City Streaming
Released on: 1990-01-01
Documentary
This is a film made in Toronto, in memoriam, so to speak - a memory piece, a "piecing-together" of t...
Hoop Dreams
Released on: 1994-09-12
Documentary
Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each wa...
It's Up To You
Released on: 1948-05-28
Documentary
A historical film contrasting the two Germanies – the good and the evil – which struggled for power ...
Food and Magic
Released on: 1943-11-18
War, Documentary, Fantasy
A sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is both...
I Don't Know
Released on: 1971-11-09
Documentary, Drama
A truly major work, I Don’t Know observes the relationship between a lesbian and a transgender perso...
The Chair
Released on: 1963-08-24
Documentary
Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, ...
The Wormwood Star
Released on: 1956-01-01
Documentary
A portrait of artist, actress, poet and occultist Marjorie Cameron, it shows images of her paintings...
Steel Town
Released on: 1944-01-01
Documentary
Documentary examining the steel industry in Youngstown, Ohio during World War II. Focuses on steel p...
Burden of Dreams
Released on: 1982-10-01
Documentary
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director We...
Hearts and Minds
Released on: 1974-12-20
Documentary, War
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War de...
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
Released on: 1975-09-19
Documentary, Adventure
This Oscar-winning documentary tells the story behind Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura's 1970 effor...