Thursday's Children1954
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
- 19. 5. 2026
- Runtime
- 21 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Certification
- NO
- Country, language
- GB · EN
- Community rating
- 6.7 · 12 votes