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The Silence of the Sound

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The Box
Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

The Silence of the Sound

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Deaf people from Exeter and Derby visit Drake's Island Adventure Centre in Plymouth Sound in Devon and take to the water and learn to sail and canoe. TV reporter Lawrie Quayle interviews Peter Wareham who signs his answers. Instructors sign the lesson to the class with translations available for the uninitiated in British Sign Language or BSL. Sign language is often more visually expressive than words with straight-talking characteristics.

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