Thursday's Children 1954
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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.
- Released: 1954-05-01
- Runtime: 21 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Richard Burton
- Director: Geoffrey Wright, Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton, Guy Brenton, Lindsay Anderson
- Source: Layarstar
