Black and white footage of a group of Christchurch Deaf men with their bicycles chatting to the camera excitedly before riding on the road. You can see footage of them riding and signing at the same time. Later on, there is footage of Owen Gibbons at his workplace. He was a woodworker, fitting out the inside of buses at Midland Coaches in Christchurch.
Christchurch Deaf men with (and on) their bicycles
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Black and white footage of a group of Christchurch Deaf men with their bicycles chatting to the camera excitedly before riding on the road, and signing at the same time!
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OG01-01-OTH51
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