Moving Image:Writing through the ages

Writing through the ages is a short film from 1950 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

A chronological history of writing as a means of communication. Shows ways in which writing evolved from pictures and signs, and illustrates that local materials used as writing tools influenced the methods of sign making and writing. Depicts and ana...

Writing through the ages
Release date	1950
Running time	0:10:22

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More Details

internal id

71157

Summary

A chronological history of writing as a means of communication. Shows ways in which writing evolved from pictures and signs, and illustrates that local materials used as writing tools influenced the methods of sign making and writing. Depicts and analyzes significant features of early Chinese, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian writings. Stresses the contributions of Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans to our present alphabet.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:10:22)

16mm

IUL Genres

Educational

Historical

Ancient world

IUL Subject

Writing--History

Full Original Title

Writing through the ages