The film, its use in popular education (1922)

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CONTENTS Introduction : The Cinema-Educator . 9 I. Historical . . . .21 The genesis of the film.—Present and future. II. Educational . . . . 26 The cinematograph in the schools.—The film as teacher.—Some educational films.— History taught by film.—The development of the British Colonies.—Political propa- ganda.—The film in American schools.— Instructing the deaf mute.—In mental hospitals.—Medical students. III. Libraries and Literature . 50 School, Library and cinema.—Film collec- tions.—Preservation of the film.—Library of films in Berlin.—Advertising the public library.—" Publicity " films.—The book. —Film as mental ally.—FUmed literature. IV. Social ..... 76 The Cinema Commission.—Film censorship. —Juvenile crime.—Morality tests.—The " White Scourge " problem.—Churches and the cinema.—The film and the savage. —Co-operative cinemas.