AID OF FILMS IN SCHOOLS
SUPERVISION BV INSTITUTE COMMISSION URGES PLAN EXCHANGE THROUGHOUT EMPIRE EDUCATION AND CULTURE. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received 12.15 p.m. to-day. LONDON, June 10. The commission on educational and cultural films advises the establishment of a National Film Institute which (would create an advisory committee including representatives of learned societies and educational associations of the Dominions ana India with the object of influencing public opinion in appreciation of good films. Referring to the effect on child education the report expresses the opinion that the - film is a stimulant, not a | sedative. “There is, much muddled thinking over the effect of films on children to-day who are as equally entitled to their crooks as yesterday’s were to bandits,’’ continued the report. “'Slapstick comedy, miscalled vulgar, is healthy and delights children.’’
The report urges the establishment of films in schools; also of special programmes for children and an interchange of films between Britain and the Dominions to aid mutual understanding of the Empire and teaching and trade publicity.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 11 June 1932, Page 9
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172AID OF FILMS IN SCHOOLS Hawera Star, Volume LI, 11 June 1932, Page 9
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