Caption
Through the medium of a Braille writer, a blind child preserves her thoughts on paper . . . or in her Braille reader captures the poetry of the past.
Release Date
April 8, 1958
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Lunney, GarCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Ontario's School for the Blind at Brantford, Ont. preserves a family atmosphere for pupils through "house mothers" who tend to the daily needs of their charges. Above, Mrs. F. Hingley reads a bedtime story to her boys.
Date
February 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB84968
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176751
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
A well-rounded sports program is an essential part of the school's curriculum. Blindness is no deterrent to the young students above as they play a brisk game of hockey using an old tin can filled with stones for a puck.
Date
February 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB84975
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176752
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Every pupil at the school receives musical instruction for the magic of music opens to the sightless child a rich world of sound. Above, a group of boys practise on one of the oldest of musical instruments--the recorder.
Date
February 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB84976
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176753
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Through the medium of a Braille writer, a blind child preserves her thoughts on paper . . . or in her Braille reader captures the poetry of the past.
Date
March 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB85058
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176757
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
No child at the school is allowed to dwell on his blindness as a crippling handicap or insurmountable barrier, but only as one of the physical limitations of a universe in which his other highly developed sensibilities may bring to full flower the mysteries of a world which awaits his enchanted exploration. Above, Anne Lallout reads with her delicate fingertips the bold challenge which is the school's motto: "The Impossible is only the Untried."
Date
March 1, 1958
Accession Number
LAC-NFB85059
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176758
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #152: The Impossible is Only the Untried: The World at Their Fingertips
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
April 8, 1958
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives