Portrait of a Library

Duration: 23 min
Release date: 1940-01-02
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With no dialogue, the film shows how a public library can be not only a place for quiet reading, but also dynamic information center. Features the librarian and library staff helping patrons, working with children and delivering books to the hospital, and homebound patrons.

Documentary

Portrait of a Library

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