# Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)

Fourteen-minute silent film demonstrating in sign language the importance of defending the right of deaf people to sign as opposed to verbalizing their communication.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1913
- Runtime: 14 min
- By: George Veditz
- Genres: Silent
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Preservation_of_the_Sign_Language_(1913).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: George Veditz
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/37346849?play=1)