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
1951 •
- Other
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!
Taonga source:
Owen Gibbons
Original format:
16mm
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, OG01-01-OTH51
Copyright status:
This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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This item has been compressed and/or edited.
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