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Injun Talk (1946)

1946 · Short film · 31 min · dir. Nick Grindé

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Synopsis

Interpreted by Col. Tim McCoy. Talks about Indian Sign Language. A chief signs a story and a white soldier interprets.

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Details

Director
Nick Grindé
Released
1946-09-16
Running time
31 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Ephemeral Films

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · Wow! · epeterd · 2022-01-28

Really cool film of actor/soldier Tim McCoy interpreting the sign language story of the Piegan Indians splitting into the Blackfoot and Blood bands. It's an interesting story and McCoy does a wonderful job of interpreting the signs, explaining their meanings, and telling the story. The first several minutes of the film are narrated by Ronald Colman.

★★★★ · Sounds like (tugs ear) · Spuzz · 2016-08-26

At entertaining look into Indian culture. B-Western star Tim Mccoy visits a Indian powwow, and joins a chief telling a story about how different Indian tribes got their name. She interprets Indian sign language story for us, and it's actually quite entertaining, for Mccoy puts a lot of gusto in the interpretation.

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