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" THE ALPHABET CONSPIRACY " 1959 BELL SCIENCE SERIES FILM / STUDY OF LINGUISTICS PART 2 MD10425

Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @periscopefilm   Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit   / periscopefilm   Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Part 1:    • " THE ALPHABET CONSPIRACY "  1959 BELL SCI...   Produced by N.W. Ayer & Son, Inc. as part of the Bell Science Series, “The Alphabet Conspiracy" (1959) is a color educational film that explores the science of linguistics. Narrated by Dr. Frank C. Baxter, the film follows a young girl named Judy (Cheryl Callaway), who, overwhelmed by her English homework, dreams of a whimsical yet unsettling conspiracy led by the Mad Hatter (Hans Conried) and the Jabberwock (Dolores Starr) to abolish the alphabet. Blending live action, animation, and scientific explanations, the film delves into the origins of language, phonetics, and alternative communication systems. 00:00 Parrot imitates Jabberwock; Segment on animals imitating sounds (0:22). Footage Dr. Keith Hayes and wife demonstrating speech work on chimpanzee Vicki (1:02). Mad Hatter appears and joins conversation about importance of grammar (2:37). Different uses of words and languages across cultures: Indigenous peoples of arctic (perhaps Inuit or Yupik) traverse snowy terrain and blizzard conditions on dog sled (4:24). Men construct traditional hut on Trobriand Islands (Archipelago in Papua New Guinea) (4:38). Bedouin men traverse desert landscape on camels, wear uniforms and red keffiyeh on heads (4:47). Various social groups and classes across Southeast Asia: Woman sits in fabric shop, woman holds child in market in India, woman and man in kimono bow to each other (5:08). Hopi Native American chief speaks with young boy, no markers for time (past, present, future) in Hopi language (5:25). Does language inform how society functions? Aerial view of village on Trobriand Islands, women in grass skirts harvest pineapples while men build huts using local wood (5:38). Likely African tribal dance, two dancers wearing cloths and ram horns (5:55). Preservation of language and study of languages within cultural contexts: Portrait anthropologist Franz Boas (6:21). Portrait linguist Leonard Bloomfield (developed structural linguistics) ​​(6:32). Portrait anthropologist and linguist Edward Sapir (6:42). Judy, Dr. Baxter, Jabberwock open invitation to tea party hosted by Mad Hatter (7:22). Mad Tea Party commences, other guests arrive, invited to confuse Dr. Baxter with their language - musician Shorty Rogers, theatrical agent (Stanley Adams), Cowboy (Cactus Mack) (7:58). Importance of dialects, Dr. Baxter leads Judy in game of American Dialect Geography (11:51). Animation of two detectives trying to understand where suspect is from, based on their English dialect and pronunciation (12:21). Examples of dialect geographers: Dr Hans Kurath works at desk in University of Michigan office; Speaks to camera and discusses research behind book “Linguistic Atlas of the United States” (14:42). Re-enactment footage of covered wagons traversing rugged terrain during Westward Expansion (15:50). Animation of map depicting spread of language and changing dialects across US (16:01). Close-up of steam locomotive (same train depicted in The Harvey Girls (1946)) (16:20). Cable car makes its way up sloping street in San Francisco (16:33). Inventions allowing for spread of language: Alexander Graham Bell with phone, Thomas Edison next to Phonograph, Guglielmo Marconi with wireless telegraph system (17:18). Dr. Baxter shows Judy animation of soundtrack, allowing for sound in film (17:55). Scientist speaks into sound spectrograph machine; Another scientist feeds artificial speech into playback machine (18:23). Inner workings of Automatic Digit Recognition machine (Bell Labs, 1952) (19:37). Harry F. Olson demonstrating phonetic typewriter (20:02). RAND Corporation JOHNNIAC machine (automatic translator c. 1954) (20:35). Professor Kenneth Harper and students in office at UCLA (21:58). Different flags wave in wind outside United Nations (23:01). Exterior of UN Headquarters in New York City (23:07). Meeting of UN General Assembly (23:10). Montage clips everyday people across word engaging in basic conversation: Women gossip while walking down sidewalk, tourists in Venice, other tourists in with guide in front of Leaning Tower of Pisa, Bedouin men share meal in desert (23:22). Mad Hatter lays dynamite and tries to destroy words (24:25). Judy wakes from dream back in home study with newfound appreciation for words, Dr. Baxter appears and helps her with homework (25:55). Closing credits (26:54). Film ends (28:55). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com