Thursday's Children (1954)
6.6
/10 By 10 Votes
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.
Release Date : May 1, 1954
Runtime : 21m
Genre : Documentary
Companies : World Wide Pictures, Morse Films
Countries : United Kingdom
Keywords : preserved film
