"MUDDLED THINKING"
INFLUENCE OF FILMS ON YOUTH. STIMULANT NOT SEDATIVE. BRITISH COMMISSION'S REPORT. (United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, June 10. The Commission on Educational and Agricultural Films advises the establishment of a national film institute which would create an advisory committee, including representatives of the learned societies, educational associations, the Dominions and India, with the object of influencing public opinion An the appreciation of good films. Referring to the effect on child education, the (report expresses the opinion that films are a stimulant, not a sedative. There is much muddled thinking over the effect of films on the children of to-day, who are equally entitled to their crooks as that of yesterday were to bandits. Slapstick „eomedy, mis-, called vulgar, is healthy, and delights children. The report urges the establishment of films in schools, also special programmes for children, the interchange of films between Britain and the Dominions to aid mutual understanding of the Empire and teaching trade and publicity.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 205, 11 June 1932, Page 5
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