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How Bird Hunting in North Carolina Saved Captioning

Pioneers of captioning
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Captioned Films for the Deaf

This paper was given at the twenty-second Meeting of the Conferences of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf in Colorado Springs, Colorado, October, 1950 by Edmund Boatner, one of the original founders of the Captioned Films for the Deaf program. This article originally appeared in the American Annals of the Deaf, Vol. 96 No. 3, pages 346-352. It has been re-typed in its entirety for historical and archival purposes.
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Graham Anthony Obituary

Following is an excerpt from Mr. Anthony's obituary, written by then American School for the Deaf Superintendent Dr. Edmund B. Boatner in the school magazine, the "American Era":
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A Deaf Heritage Celebration

Gary E. Wait describes the American School for the Deaf museum’s collection of essays and letters reflecting the social and cultural life of the Deaf community, as well as documentation related to the origin of Captioned Films for the Deaf.
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Captioned Films for the Deaf: Hearing Before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

Scanned copy of the hearing on August 7, 1962 to discuss S. 2511, a bill to provide for an increased program of Captioned Films for the Deaf (CFD). The bill, designed to mandate government support of the captioning of educational films, was introduced by Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Maine, and co-sponsored by Senator Claiborne de Borda Pell, Rhode Island. The bill passed and became Public Law 87-715, supplementing the original law to establish CFD (Public Law 85-905) for the captioning of entertainment motion pictures. (A related DCMP article containing the remarks prepared by John Gough for S. 2511 is available here.)
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Standards for Library Media Centers in Schools for the Deaf: A Handbook for the Development of Library Media Programs

Published in 1967, this handbook details the funding, people, research, and findings involved in creating standards for library-media centers in schools for the deaf. To make possible the development of such standards, the Office of Captioned Films for the Deaf made funding available to complete the performance standards and present them to professional associations interested on improving this aspect of the education of the deaf.
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Captioned Films Depository Managers: 1975

For over four decades, beginning in the mid-1960s, educational captioned films (later captioned videos and newer forms of media) were housed in residential schools for the deaf. These depositories mailed captioned media to registered users in their state(s) and/or region. This document is a list of those depositories, their administrators, and locations.
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"Rockets: How They Work"—Transcript and Caption Script

Rockets: How They Work was the first educational film to be captioned in 1962 after the passage of Public Law 87-715. This document contains the film's transcript and caption script. A lesson guide for the film was subsequently written in 1969.
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Public Law 87 715

In 1962 Congress amended previous legislation authorizing the captioning of entertainment films by passing Public Law 87-715, which added the captioning of educational films. That same year, the film Rockets: How They Work became the first educational film to be captioned.
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"Rockets: How They Work" Lesson Guide

This lesson guide for the first-ever educational captioned film, Rockets: How They Work, was written at DePaul University (Chicago) in 1968. "Even a good film loses its effectiveness if not used properly." Provides a film summary, purpose of the film, preparation for use of the film, follow-up, and additional resources materials.
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"Rockets: How They Work"

In 1962 Congress amended previous legislation authorizing the captioning of entertainment films by passing Public Law 87-715, which added the captioning of educational films. That same year, Rockets: How They Work became the first educational film to be captioned. Indicating that the film was appropriate for the middle grades, the Captioned Films for the Deaf catalog described it as follows: "The film shows how rockets achieve motion and compares rocket power with other types of motive power and gives a clear picture of the basic scientific techniques on which the modern use of rockets is based." A lesson guide for the film was subsequently written in 1969.
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"The Adventures of Willie Skunk"

Silent films had been used prior to 1930 in classrooms with students who were deaf or hard of hearing, but the advent of sound motion pictures made new films inaccessible. One of the first educational films ever captioned (1962), this primary-level film shows a family of skunks and how they live in their natural environment. A lesson guide was written for it and 70 other captioned educational films in 1968 at a DePaul University workshop, and these were printed in a bound volume for distribution across the United States.
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Making Your Productions Accessible

How Captioning and Description Can Benefit You
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Abused Deaf Women and Their Families: A Lack of Information

Overviews types of abusive behavior and the lack of captioned resources.
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The DCMP at Fifty

Thank you for visiting our special commemorative “Golden Anniversary” section. We hope that you will explore, along with us, the DCMP’s rich history in educational media accessibility. Here you will find a brief but informative article chronicling the program’s history up to 2008, a detailed timeline highlighting the first fifty years of captioning and description, and a list of some of our favorite DCMP history-related articles from our Clearinghouse section.
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How Bird Hunting in North Carolina Saved Captioning

Captioned Films for the Deaf

Graham Anthony Obituary

A Deaf Heritage Celebration

Captioned Films for the Deaf: Hearing Before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

Standards for Library Media Centers in Schools for the Deaf: A Handbook for the Development of Library Media Programs

Captioned Films Depository Managers: 1975

"Rockets: How They Work"—Transcript and Caption Script

Public Law 87 715

"Rockets: How They Work" Lesson Guide

"Rockets: How They Work"

"The Adventures of Willie Skunk"

Making Your Productions Accessible

Abused Deaf Women and Their Families: A Lack of Information

The DCMP at Fifty