The famous blind and deaf writer and social activist, Helen Keller and her companion, Polly Thomson visit Israel (in 1952) and Japan (in 1948). TRANSCRIPT: "As guests of the government of Israel, the famous Helen Keller, blind deaf and dumb since babyhood visits a village set apart for the blind. Miss Keller's visit marks a new era for the village.When she explains that segregation is bad for the blind, the authorities act promptly. Seeing inhabitants are now being encouraged to settle there with the blind. The name of the village has been changed from "Ha'ivrim", meaning "Village of the blind", to "Or Adonai", meaning "Light of God". For the first time since before the war, Helen Keller pays a visit to the people of Japan.This time as a guest of the united States government. In Tokyo and other cities, entire populations turn out to cheer this great American, left blind and deaf by an affliction. For the Japanese people, Miss Keller's life is an inspiring example of what hope and determination can do. For she has conquered inconceivable darkness and isolation to become a world figure. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were still recovering from the atomic bomb when Helen Keller went there on a pilgrimage. At the "Lake of Shrines", the Japanese created an everlasting shrine to the memory of the great teacher, Anne Sullivan. Helen lights the first candle. The people of Japan will see that the light never goes out."

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