The Film in National Life

Being the Report of an Enquiry Conducted by the Commission on Educational and Cultural Films into the Service which the Cinematograph May Render to Education and Social Progress

The Commission on Educational and Cultural Films

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040341889
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Film & Video
• Index: Social Sciences

The Film in National Life (1932) is the report by the Commission on Educational and Cultural Films, established in 1929, that aimed to establish a position on the treatment of film constructively in the interests of education in its widest sense. The Commission was aware that other countries were taking the film seriously as an instrument of visual and aural instruction, as a means of entertainment, and as an art form, and sought to adopt a similar rational approach in the UK.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Commission on Educational and Cultural Films: Constitution of the Commission
• Preface
• Contents
• Chapter I The Position To-Day
• Chapter II The Film in Other Countries
• Chapter III Censorship and Control
• Chapter IV The Film as a Craft and an Industry
• Chapter V The Education of the Child
• Chapter VI The Entertainment of the Public
• Chapter VII The Education of the Adult
• Chapter VIII The Film in Documentary Record and Science
• Chapter IX The Cinema and the Empire
• Chapter X The Constitution of a Film Institute and Summary of the Report
• Appendix A: List of Government Departments, Educational, Scientific And Social Organisations Which Accepted Invitations To The Two Conferences—1929 and 1930—Or Have Otherwise Accorded Their Support.
• Appendix B: Papers Published By The Commission On Educational And Cultural Films, 1930–1931, Together With An Account of The Project of Enquiry and the Organisation of the Commission.
• Appendix C: Foreign Countries
• Appendix D: Cinematograph Licences
• Appendix E: Extracts From the Report of the Film Committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1930, Explaining the Difference Between Inflammable and Safety Films, with a Short Account of Projectors Suitable for Classroom and School Halls, and Conditions Necessary for the Reduction of Eye-Strain.
• Appendix F: List of Projectors Examined by the Projector Committee of the Commission: Suitable for use in Schools and Institutions.
• Appendix G: Some Sources of the Supply of Educational and Cultural Films
• Appendix H: The Use of Instructional Films in the Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories of the Empire
• Appendix J
• Appendix K: The Finances of the Commission
• Index