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Alphabet: The Story of Writing

Jan 1, 1980 · 1h 56m
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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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CAST

Susannah York
Narrator
Donald Jackson
Directed by Jeremy Bennett

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EN
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US
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