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Portrait of a Library

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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.

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What is Portrait of a Library (1940) about?

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.

How long is Portrait of a Library?

Portrait of a Library has a runtime of 23 min and premiered in 1940.

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