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346 EDUCATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
4th Commission. — The State and Cinematography.
i. — Organization of national institutes for educational cinematography.
The Congress, recognizing the necessity of a systematic and constant collaboration of all countries and authorities interested in the work of the International Institute of Educational Cinematography, and in order to obtain a complete documentation and to organize the exchange of experiences and materials which may be used in connection with educational and instructional cinematography ;
Requests the I. I. E. C. to approach governments and boards of education with the view of organizing national institutes of educational films, in the countries where they do not exist, the International Institute in Rome serving as a link between the different national Institutes.
2. — Putting into effect the Convention concerning the free circulation of educational films.
The Congress,
Recognizing the great interest presented by the putting into effect of the International Convention for the free circulating of educational films signed by twenty-four States.
Requests the States that have signed the Convention to ratify it as soon as possible and those who have not yet signed, to do so.
Asks the National authorities concerned to use the means at their disposal to see that the catalogue of educational films, as mentioned in Art. 7 of the Convention, be established according to the instructions furnished by the I. I. E. C.
3. — The Congress expresses the wish that the putting into effect of the International Convention for the free circulation of educational films be facilitated by the institution, as soon as possible, in every country concerned, of an office responsible for the delivery of certificates vouching for the educational character of the films at the moment they enter and leave the country.
4. — The Congress again draws attention to the fact that it would be of great interest to obtain by appropriate means the inclusion in every programme of an educational or documentary film.
5. — International Catalogue.
An international catalogue cannot and should not be published in book form, owing to the constant additions and suppressions ; the catalogue, which should be completed by the International Institute, should be based on a card system and published periodically in accordance with the rules of classification generally used.
The Congress proposes that in the International Catalogue be classified only those films the conservation of the negatives of which is guaranteed by the country of origin of the film itself.
It is to be desired that the International Institute will furnish the following information to those who are trying to utilize films for educational and instructional purposes : 1) Subjects treated, including an annotation of the exact content of the film ;