Captioned - Helen Keller Gets Mail

Year-1953. We observe the famous blind and deaf writer and social activist, Helen Keller and her companion, Polly Thomson, as they read the mail at their home in Easton Connecticut, U.S.A. Enjoy! Transcript: "By 8 o'clock, Helen and Polly have made their beds. Polly has finished the household tasks. And their business of the day begins. Even at home they carry the responsibilities and obligations of public figures. Their desk is never clear. The mail piles up while they are away. And every morning, more comes in. The bulky packages are books in braille. They must wait. The letters will be gone through, after Polly finishes spelling out the morning headlines. Helen is emphatic about keeping in touch with world events. But the mail looms large. A few of the letters are personal ones from friends. But most of them are requests for something. From New Zealand: "Would you kindly send a letter to the Royal Blind Institute." From Massachusetts: " I have written a pamphlet on teaching the deaf. Please read it and let me have your comments." From India: "I am going slowly blind. In the United States is a cure. Can you help me?" From New York: "I have chosen you as the subject of my term paper. Would you write me a long letter, telling me all about yourself?" After the mail, Helen goes to her own study to work. There are reports to be made out. Speeches and articles to be prepared. So far as possible, she does her own research. She locates her reference books by the braille lettering along the edge.

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