International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jan-Dec 1931)

— 1043 II Committee (professional orientation). considering that the cinema is one of the elements necessary for a good professional orientation, asserts the principle that « the film of professional orientation should be distinguished from the didactic film ». It further holds that : a) If they are to be interesting, films of professional orientation must be varied ; that is to say they must be created as propaganda films in favour of professional orientation or as films of a general character on a given profession, or as rigorously technical films, or as films which revive the life of celebrated craftsmen, or facts relative to the history of labour. b) If they are to be efficacious films of professional orientation must be capable of acquainting children and families with the full conditions necessary for the following of a given profession and must always exalt the beauty of human labour. The Congress emphasises that it would be of the greatest interest to show films of the life of apprentices in order to increasingly awaken the curiosity of children regarding their work, and hopes that future congresses will study a formula for the use of the cinema for purposes of professional orientation, which formula must naturally conform to necessities of time and place. III Committee (secondary instruction). First recommendation : The Committee considers it desirable : i) That an organism be created which is capable of studying the authorisation of the films now on the market and the creation of films edited under the direction of members of educational bodies, and corresponding to the exigences of the various subjects. 2) That for secondary instruction there should be in these committees delegates specially nominated by the competent organs (pedagogic museums, district offices and associations of specialists). Second recommendation : The Committee recommends that in order to maintain the intellectual and pedagogical standard of film instruction, all films the mediocrity of which has been formally recognised, should be eliminated from the cinetecas. Third recommendation : That a catalogue of films destined for secondary instruction should be published, arranged by specialists with reference to the curriculum of the different classes. Fourth recommendation : The Committee recommends that each institute of secondary instruction should be provided with fixed and detachable projection apparatus which should feature under a special heading « acquisition of films » in the budget for secondary instruction. IV Committee (agricultural instruction). 1) The cinema is a magnificent instrument of culture of which wide use is made in agricultural institutes and after school training courses. It is also the indispensable auxiliary of the propagandist whose mission it is to spread the knowledge necessary for the exercise of the agricultural profession. Further it offers an opportunity of healthy entertainment which is much appreciated by rural populations. It is therefore in the interest of agriculture and of the whole nation, to neglect nothing that may further its ulterior development. 2) The equipment of halls for projection in rural districts should be substantially subventioned. 3) All official bodies and responsible personalities should devote themselves to the campaign for agricultural propaganda and should be officially encouraged and compensated. A certain number of decorations of each order should be reserved for this purpose. 4) That the normal training colleges for teachers of both sexes and also for pupils should be instructed in the use of projection apparatus and should receive full information regarding the care that ingl.