Main content

'BSL footage from the 1920's - DCAL

'We show some 1920s film footage of the first known record of BSL in the UK, telling of the economic downturn of that time, when many deaf people didn鈥檛 have jobs. DCAL at the University College of London has discovered this unusual footage which was handed in to them. Upon viewing this footage, it revealed how BSL was used over ninety years ago - around 1927 or 1928 - just after the 鈥楪eneral Strike鈥�, when a lot of people were out of work. Do you know who the old man in the footage using British Sign Language is?

5 minutes

This clip is from

See HearSeries 33, Episode 6

More clips from Episode 6

More clips from See Hear

See all clips from See Hear (205)