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Alphabet: The Story of Writing
Alphabet: The Story of Writing
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Alphabet: The Story of Writing

1980
Directed byJeremy Bennett
1h 56m

Calligrapher Donald Jackson presents an historical overview of the alphabet from the cave paintings of primitive man more than 35,000 years ago to the stylus and wax tablets of the Romans and the Egyptians' hieroglyphics.

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Susannah YorkNarratorDonald Jackson
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Documentary
STATUSReleased
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