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344 EDUCATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
express the wish that the International Thrift Institute as a specialized technical organization be entrusted with the task of giving an opinion regarding every thrift and providence propaganda film aspiring to the designation of « educational*, in order to take advantage of the facilities contemplated in the above-mentioned customs agreement.
3) The delegates of Savings Banks and their Associations attending the International Congress of Educational and Instructional Cinematography II. Section, 3rd Commission, considering the campaign for the economic education of the people which is being vigorously promoted in various countries by Saving Banks in conjunction with the educational authorities ;
invite the Savings Banks to examine the advisability of producing films of a cultural character clearly showing the principal organs and institutions of economic life and their functioning, in particular : the function of money, of savings and of credit, their interdependence and connection with all the other branches of economy ; the antisocial and anti-economic character of hoarding, the connection existing between the economic conduct of the individual and the general economic situation (individual responsibility for the general course of economic life) ;
express the wish that these films may be produced in cooperation with persons who are experts in economic matters and cinema technique and art, that in particular they may be screened systematically in schools (in accordance with the wish expressed in N° 4).
4) The delegates of Savings Banks and their Associations at the International Congress of Educational and Instructional Cinematography, II Section, 3rd. Commission, convinced of the vital importance of thrift education in the schools for the formation of the character and habits of the young ;
call the attention of the Savings Banks and educational authorities to the necessity of a close, continuous and cordial cooperation between the Savings Banks themselves and the school authorities (and the teacher in particular) in order to promote the screening in the schools of thrift and providence, educational and economic educational films ;
hope that similarly to what has already been done in some countries, the savings banks and educational authorities may arrive at the production of instructive films, both of a general economic character and of a specific thrift instructional character of the type mentioned in N. 3, showing objectively the historical evolution of the forms of saving and providence, the origin, development and socio-economic function of the Savings Banks aiming exclusively at public utility ;
recommend that the possibility be considered of producing alongside of standard size thrift educational films, contemporary editions of the same film in reduced size, to be used exclusively in the schools.
5) The delegates of Savings Banks and their Associations attending the International Congress of Educational and Instructional Cinematography, II. Section, 3rd. Commission, having ascertained the encouraging experiences had, partic