International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1931)

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958 on glass slides to merely notify the Government in order to obtain the visit of the official or the necessary certificate. The regulations for the execution of this law have not yet been published. Paragraph 14, line 4, of the cinematographic law for Styria of May 28, 1929, No. 87, contains an analogous regulation to that contained in the Tyrolese legislation, providing that films recommended for their educational and cultural value by a competent office are exempt from censorship control. In execution of the above-mentioned regulation, the decree of May 7, 1930, No. 52, of the Styrian Government provides in paragraphs 1 and 2 that films that have been submitted for examination by the Federal Ministry of Instruction or any office dependent on the Ministry, or acting, in its name, and which are in possession of a certificate testifying to the examination and the suitability of the film for young people under age, are, as a rule, exempt from further examination. In Vorarlberg, in accordance with the law of December 22, 1927, No. 28, the government may exempt from further examination cinematographic films which have already been recognised as of a cultural tendency by competent offices. The activities of the Federal Ministry for Instruction concerning the protection and propaganda of educational films is of far greater importance. Although this activity can only be individually considered as control, we think it advisable to quote it on the basis of the official information communicated to the Rome Institute. The activity itself starts from the decree of November 5, 1930, No. 93, of the aforementioned ministry. According to its dispositions, in view of the increasing necessity of classifying the films from the didactic, educational and artistic viewpoint, as a result of the demands of public offices that may be called to use them or for indications demanded by cultural associations and bodies, the Federal Ministry for Instruction is authorised to give certificates under the following conditions: — Producers, hirers or film dealers, the cinema public, the offices and bodies interested in the formal recognition of the cultural character of a film, may apply to the " Oesterreischen Licht and Filmdienst des Bundesministeriums fur Unterricht " t Film Department (Vienna VII, Mariahilferstrasse, 88a). This is an organisation which follows the same purposes for Austria as the " Zentral Institut fur Erziehung und Unterricht " in Berlin, directed by Professor Lampe. The recognition or qualification is due to co mmittees which arrange preventive projections of the film. These committees are formed afresh each time by the Federal Ministry of Instruction, according to the character and technical aspects of the film under examination. It is the Ministry which, subject 'to the verdict of the libretto committee, decides whether a film is suitable for didactic purposes or not. Films and demands for certificates may be sent by post or consigned directly to the respective offices. In order to obtain the complete examination of a film, it is necessary to present: («) A positive of the film with all the captions that are to appear on the screen (title and texts) in their final and definite form. The films must be in excellent technical condition, not worn, well packed, and ready for immediate projection. The same regulations apply to sound films. (b) Films synchronised on disks must be presented with all the disks and other appurtenances for the performance. (c) A request for a certificate concerning the specific kind of official approval, that is to say, whether it is required for educational or didactic-artistic purposes, or for the young. If the approval concerns the didactic value of the film, the degree and kind of instruction for which it is desired should be mentioned. (d) A note, with duplicate, containing all data necessary for the identification of the film, that is to say, the hiring and agent; factory; type of film; number of parts into which it is divided; in dramatised films, the name of the chief actor; meterage, including the length of the captions; specification of the size of the film; standard