Rockets: How They Work (First-ever captioned educational film, 1962)

[qed100]

This is viewable in full color (but without captions) over at archive.com.

[cressbad]

Although the autocaptions are cool.

[cressbad]

Cool! Might be worth adding current CC to the video, for understanding, searchability, and comparison!

[internetsubtitling]

Amazing film - thanks for making it public!

I'm particularly struck by the way the purpose of the captions seems to have been very different to the purpose of captions today, namely making the audio content accessible to deaf or hard-of-hearing viewers. Plus, of course, there's very little understanding of reading speeds, or of readability in terms of fonts, contrast etc. However this is, recognisably, captioning, and it's a heck of an achievement for a 1962 film.

Fascinating. Thanks again.