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EDUCATION FROM THE THEATRICAL SCREEN
Custodians on a non-profit basis to extend this service of the industry to the schools of the country.
There were many educational problems involved in this distribution. Obviously, the films were not made for classroom use and consequently, were not deliberately directed toward classroom objectives. Some subjects, like travelogues, would contain footage useful to the teaching of the subject, but would also contain other footage in the same film which would make no new contribution to the class. Occasionally, the narration was aimed to interest an entertainment audience rather than to instruct a classroom group.
The teachers who made selections of these films for classroom purposes were required to exercise great care in recommending the use of only such subjects as would avoid these difficulties. On the other hand, it was found that these theatrical subjects contained a commendable factor of interest; that they were easily understandable since they were planned for mass showing; that they contained only as much by way of new facts as could be absorbed readily.
The inauguration of this distribution program was received with mixed reactions both on the part of the industry and by educators. Strict limitations were placed on the use of these subjects, restricting them to the instructional programs of schools. This was to prevent their entering into the entertainment market in competition with neighborhood theaters. In spite of these safeguards, many industry leaders were apprehensive that the project might get out of hand and create unsatisfactory trade conditions within the industry.
Many school people weren't sure that the Hollywood studios could offer anything to the classroom, even with their most serious product. They were skeptical about the instructional value of such materials. Some openly opposed the development of this project. After eight years, it is interesting to look back upon the successive steps by which this educational interest has become a part of industry thinking, and the mo
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