EFFECT OF FILMS
ON the modern CHILD. (Received Saturday, 5.35 a.m.) LONDON, Friday. 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 in the dominions and in India, with the object of influencing public opinion in 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 arc equally entitled to their crooks as yesterday’s were to bandits. Slapstick comedy, miscalled vulgar, is healthy and delights children. The report urges the establishment of films in the schools with special programmes for children, also' the interchange of films between Britain and the dominions to aid in a mutual understanding of the Empgire.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 11 June 1932, Page 5
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