International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1931)

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— 57i — which make people laugh, but leave no permanent impression. These encourage a life of excessive movement and activity without stimulating the habit of reflection that should precede all action, that introspection which vitalises the mind, even of children. The foregoing constitutes a cursory survey of an important psychological problem. The International Review has published scenarios illustrating historical episodes, customs and characters and I should like to see these made into teaching films. Educationists and teachers should not, however, rely exclusively upon others, but should try their own hands. Entertainments intended for children are often bounded by a very narrow and particularist horizon, unlike children's literature, in which field the seed sown has borne excellent fruit. Cinematography, too, must enlist the enthusiasm of those who are able to make some practical contribution. {Concluded).