CENSORSHIP OF FILMS.
WORK OF DOMINION OFFICE. WELLINGTON, August 2 ; During the year ended March 31, 1927, 2751 kinemotagraph films, of a total length of 5,415,370 ft, were censored by the Dominion Censorship Office, and of this number 32 films were wholly rejected, and 202 were passed subject to excisions, says the annual report of the Internal Affairs Department, whicji was presented in tho House to-day. There was only one appeal against the decision of the censor, and the Board of Appeal upheld the censor s decision. Commencing on August, 1926, a record has been kept of British-made films submitted for censorship. Between date and March 31, 1927, 356 British films, of a total length of 427,250 ft, were examined out of 1978 fins of all makes of a total length of 3,649)490ft. The average length of British-made films examined was 1200 ft, as against an average of 1987 ft for all other makes, showing that the majority of the British films were short in length. In fact, they were mostly “topicals” and “scenics.”
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Otago Witness, Issue 3830, 9 August 1927, Page 10
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174CENSORSHIP OF FILMS. Otago Witness, Issue 3830, 9 August 1927, Page 10
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