English Language - Story Of Its Development (1952)

Discusses the history of English from the time of the Celtic, Roman, Nordic and Saxon tribes. Considers how developments wrought by Church monks, William the Conqueror, Chaucer, Shakespeare and the printing press produced changes in the language. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project.