Darkness Defeated (silent)

Creator: A/V Geeks 16mm Films

Description:

Description: Content warning: The opening titles of this film describe blindness with an outdated term for disability.

A dramatized narrative in which a blind man and his partner seek support from Guide Dogs for the Blind School in Los Gatos, California, where training exercises are demonstrated.

This copy of the film is likely incomplete. The San Jose location at the beginning is not certain.

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1940s,People with disabilities and those who are d/Deaf and/or hard of hearing,Animals,Human-animal relationships

Tags: blind people; blindness; lighting cigarettes; See's Candies store; Dan Levin Jeweler; Lipsky Dentist; pedestrians crossing street; guide dogs; dissolves; dog trainers; German Shepherd dogs; intertitles; smoking; dramatization; street scenes; crosswalks; training dogs; seeing-eye dogs; dry grasses; dirt roads

Film Sponsor: Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc.

Creator: San Francisco Exchange Club

Credits: Produced by The San Francisco Exchange Club for Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc. Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco

Story by Mrs. Rafael Lake
Cast by the Department of Speech and Drama, Stanford University
Color photography by: H. McClelland Bourland

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1942

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; California; Los Gatos, California; San Jose, California

Genre/Form: sponsored

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive, reversal, original

Color: b&w, color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle square

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 373

Complete Record: Description: Content warning: The opening titles of this film describe blindness with an outdated term for disability. A dramatized narrative in which a blind man and his partner seek support from Guide Dogs for the Blind School in Los Gatos, California, where training exercises are demonstrated. This copy of the film is likely incomplete. The San Jose location at the beginning is not certain. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1940s,People with disabilities and those who are d/Deaf and/or hard of hearing,Animals,Human-animal relationships Tags: blind people; blindness; lighting cigarettes; See's Candies store; Dan Levin Jeweler; Lipsky Dentist; pedestrians crossing street; guide dogs; dissolves; dog trainers; German Shepherd dogs; intertitles; smoking; dramatization; street scenes; crosswalks; training dogs; seeing-eye dogs; dry grasses; dirt roads Film Sponsor: Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc. Creator: San Francisco Exchange Club Credits: Produced by The San Francisco Exchange Club for Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc. Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco Story by Mrs. Rafael Lake Cast by the Department of Speech and Drama, Stanford University Color photography by: H. McClelland Bourland Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1942 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; California; Los Gatos, California; San Jose, California Genre/Form: sponsored Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: positive, reversal, original Color: b&w, color Color Process: Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: circle square Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 373

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRTCLMM5kpc

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