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SOUND FILMS IN SCHOOLS
We have already had occasion to mention in these pages the iniative of the Middlesex Local School authorities, supported by the National Union of Teachers in experimenting with the sound film as an educational instrument.
We have today a most interesting report on this subject (1) a summary of which we feel will be of interest to readers :
(1) A Commission constituted in 1923 by the Imperial Education Conference, under the presidency of Lord Gorell, declared the didactic utility of the Cinema and the advisability of installing projectors in schools.
(2) A Commission constituted by the National Council of Morals published in 1925 a report on the Cinema in Education, in which the necessity of the production of special school films was stressed.
(3) Prof. S. J. F. Philpott, of London University, demonstrated that impressions from films were more deeply printed on the memory than any others.
(4) Experiments by Prof. Knowlton, of Yale University.
(5) Experiments by Prof. F. N. Freeman of Chicago University and Ben. D. Wood of Columbia University.
(6) Enquiry made by the Historical Association in 1929.
(7) Commission constituted by the British Asscociation for the study of educational and documentary films.
(') " Sound Films in Schools ", The Report of an Experiment undertaken jointly by certain Local Educational Authorities and by the National Union of Teachers in the Schools of Middlesex. Published by " The Schoolmaster ", 3, Racquet Court, Fleet Street, London, E. C. 4.
(8) Commission for instructional and educational films constituted in London in 1929.
(9) Isolated experiments in schools.
(10) Enquiry by the Day Training College, London.
(11) Study, research and enquiries by the I. I. E. C, Rome.
(12) In France several Ministries are concerned with the distribution of films in schools. The Government contributes to a certain extent to the installation of projectors in schools. In 1928-29, the Musee Pedagogique lent 43.500 films to schools.
(13) In Japan the Minister of Public Instruction has made 110 educational films and publishes a catalogue to aid their distribution.
(14) In Italy, the activity of the National Institute, « LUCE ».
(15) In Germany that of the Lampe committee.
(16) In U. S. A. that of the Harvard Film Institute.
Aims of the Middlesex Experiment.
The aim of this Experiment was to ascertain the degree to which sound films are useful in teaching with particular reference to backward children.
Projectors and operators were placed at the disposition of the schools without charge by " Western Electric " and the films were offered by British Instructional Films Ltd. and British Movietone News.
Sixteen films were chosen and divided into four groups :
1st Group : Cyprus. — A visit to the Coal Face. — The Development of the