Alphabet: The Story of Writing

Alphabet: The Story of Writing

1980 · Documentary · 1h 56m · 0.0

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
Susannah York
Narrator
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Donald Jackson

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