For You, Mr. Bell

197115 min 50 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: William Canning

Production: William CanningGeorge Pearson

Script: Strowan Robertson

This film profile of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone and pioneer in many other fields of technology, including heavier-than-air flight, is a warmly human story. Full of anecdotes, it tells the story of a man whose main concern was finding a way to alleviate the problems of the deaf. It is told largely through photographs of Bell, of his wife who was deaf, of their spacious retreat at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, and of people who shared in his work and experiments.

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Subject categories


  • People with disabilities > Hearing impairedPortraits
  • Technology > Historical PerspectivesInventionPortraitsTelephone Equipment
  • Media and Communication > Historical PerspectivesPortraitsTelephone Communications

Credits


director
William Canning
producer
William Canning
executive producer
George Pearson
commentary
Strowan Robertson
photography
David De Volpi
sound
Joseph Champagne
editing
F. Whitman Trecartin
William Canning
sound editing
Jean-Pierre Joutel
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Michel Descombes