Right to Read

This archival video comes from a series of moving images relating to the problem of illiteracy in American from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The video highlights what was being done in 1978 and what could still be done to improve the reading ability of illiterates from all walks of life in communities everywhere in the nation.

The video file is available for download at: http://media.nara.gov/mopix/012/12-46.wmv

Full Title:RIGHT TO READ, ca. 1978

Creator: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Education Division. Office of Education. (07/01/1972 - 05/04/1980) (Most Recent)

Series: Public Information and Education Films, compiled 1944 - ca. 1977

Record Group 12: Records of the Office of Education, 1870 - 1980

Production Date:ca. 1978

Scope & Content:Instructional film: shows the problem of illiteracy in human terms, what is being done and can be done to improve the reading ability of illiterates from all walks of life in communities everywhere in the nation.

Contact(s):National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540
Fax: 301-837-3620
Email: mopix@nara.gov

National Archives Identifier:1275
Local Identifier:12.46

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