Pathway Into Light (1952)

Front credits ; Photography Bernard Till, Editor Lionel Hoare, Sound WS. Bland, Written Lambton Burn, Narrators Jack Hawkins & Jean Metcalfe, Producer Howard Thomas, Director Terry Ashwood. A Beautifully made documentary in celebration of Louis Braille. WS church tower as bell tolls, WS Notre Dame. Long procession of young children and old people, who are blind, walk through the streets of Paris in honour of the centenary of Louis Braille. In great pomp they arrive at the Pantheon, onlookers watch as the funeral car carries the body of Braille. Soldiers march either side and a band and dignitaries wait by the entrance steps. The coffin is carried inside and past the dignitaries to the inner sanctum. WS of the village of Coupvray. MS sign, pan around village. Small ruined cottage, cu inscription “In this house on Jan 4 1809 was born Louis Braille. The inventor of the system of writing in raised dots for use by the blind. He opened the doors of knowledge to all those who cannot see.“ Two men greet in a doo