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THE CINEMA AT THE SERVICE OF HYGIENE AND SOCIAL WELFARE.
Belgium :
We are informed by the Ministry of the Interior and of Hygiene that there is no central government office in Belgium which deals with hygiene and social welfare propaganda. It is true that some of the government departments encourage propaganda in this field to some extent, but all initiative is left in the hands of the higher officials, so that it cannot be said that any real government propaganda exists.
Hygiene and social welfare propaganda is mainly carried on by the Central Department of Hygiene, the National Society for the Protection of Children, and the Ministry of National Defence. These organizations give, fairly regularly, cinematograph shows illustrated by lectures. Their cinematograph material (films and apparatus) is lent free of charge to any workmens' clubs, sporting clubs, welfare clubs and associatons that desire it.
Propaganda by means of the cinema is not yet regularly organized in schools, but some of the communal authorities have set up cinematographs which supply the schools under their jurisdiction with a regular service.
Private institutions, like the « Universite Cine'graphique Belgique » and « Les Amis de la Cinematographic instructive et educatrice », are organizing a regular series of cinematograph shows, many of which deal with hygiene and social welfare .
Similar propaganda is being carried on in industrial centres by insurance companies.
The associations for the alleviation of the great scourges of mankind (cancer, tuberculosis, alcoholism, venereal diseases, etc.), and also the Red Cross are doing active cinematograph work in this line.
In Belgium, the censorship of films does not exist. The sole restriction is that laid down by the decree of September, i, 1920, prohibiting the admission of young people under 16 to the cinema. But this measure was modified by a later Royal Decree of November 19, 1920, which allows children of less than 1 6 years to go to the cinema provided that the spectacles are what is called family spectacles ; that is to say, shows presenting only those films which have been authorized by a special commission instituted by the above mentioned Royal Decree.
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