Film footage of Helen Keller, the famous deaf-blind writer and activist in her office in 1919 and 1954. Enjoy! Transcript: Caption 1. " Author, and poet...she reads writes and speaks English, French, Italian, German and is a student of Greek and Latin. " Caption 2. " Helen in 1954." Narrator : " After the mail, Helen goes to her own study to work, There are reports to be made out. Speeches and articles to be prepared. So far as possible she does her own research. She locates her reference books by the braille lettering along the edge. In her work she will not indulge herself because she is handicapped. Everyone has his own handicaps, Helen says. It just happens to be the handicap of the blind that they cannot see. Of the deaf that that they cannot hear. She does her own typing. Her speeches she does on her braille typewriter, so she can go over them herself for correction. The machine only has six keys because all braille letters are made by the combination and placement of six raised dots. For her letters she uses a regular typewriter. She is fast and accurate. But she has Polly check her letters. Being blind, she cannot permit herself the casual mistakes of the seeing. If there are mistakes, Helen types the letter again. From the vibrations of a buzzer, Helen knows when it is time for lunch. The glint of crystals is the one thing Helen thinks she remembers seeing as a baby, before she went blind. Flowers are among her greatest pleasures. Helen's home is not a sad place, because she is not a sad woman. She's extraordinarily gay. She goes toward each knew experience with the joy of a child." Film clips are from the 1919 silent film featuring Helen Keller titled "Deliverance". And from the 1954 documentary starring Helen Keller titled "Helen Keller in Her Story."
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