International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jul-Dec 1929)

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CATHOLICS AND THE CINEMA (from the French) A Catholic International Congress of the Cinema has been held in Munich from June 17 th to June 20 th. This is the second Congress to be held, the first having taken place last year at the Hague from April 22nd to April 25th. In this first meeting eighteen nations were represented. These gatherings are merely the outstanding manifestations of a continuous activity ; there exists, in fact, a permanent body, the International Catholic Office of the Cinema, the seat of which is in Paris. {Ed. N.) We have pleasure in appending to the highly interesting contribution of Canon Reymond, that unflagging and inspired apostle of the Catholic cinematographic movement for educational and moral purposes, the text of the Resolution unanimously adopted by the Catholic International Cinematographic Congres held at Munich in Bavaria. The discussions which took place at the Congress were of the highest interest, and we hope, in later numbers of the Review, to examine them attentively together with the reports sent in on the several subjects. The Resolution unanimously adopted : The Second International Catholic Cinematographic Congress held in Munich, Bavaria, on the 17th., 18th., and 19th. June 1929, on the point of closing its proceedings : 1. calls the attention of Catholics to the enormous influence which the Film exercises on sensibility and conscience, to the serious responsibility incumbent on them to direct their efforts without delay to the Cinematograph, to the necessity of organizing themselves in all Countries in concert with the International Catholic Office in Paris ; 2. affirms its desire to collaborate in the fullest measure possible with the cinematographic industry, for the common good ; 3. recognizes the necessity for an official censorship, asks that films which are offensive to morals and religion should be prohibited, that Catholics should be represented in the Censorship Commissions and that these should devote special care to the protection of childhood and youth ; 4. considers it desirable that the cinematographic industry should be relieved of the over heavy taxation burden now borne by it ; 5. invites ths Public authorities and especially Catholic Deputies to promote the production of educational, instructive and healthy recreational films. 185