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Thursday's Children

1954 · 0h 21m · Documentary · United Kingdom · Rated U (GB)

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.

Written & directed by
Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton
Starring
Richard Burton
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