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350 EDUCATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Congress considers that an entirely free and unencumbered circulation on the largest possible scale, of educational fdms from one country to another, remains one of the best means to reach the goal of international amity and understanding. In this connection the Congress considers that the Censorship and Customs as well as the administrative regulations, must consequently be drafted in such a way as not to interfere with the application of this principle.
The Congress, however, considers that suitable censorship and administrative restrictions must be put into effect in order to prevent the diffusion by unscrupulous producers and distributors of films likely to arouse animosity between Nations.
The Congress wishes most sincerely that the governments take in the future all possible measures to encourage the diffusion of unbiased and impartial films, and put a check to the circulation of those showing prejudice and negligence in this respect.
In order to put this recommendation into effect, the Congress proposes to the International Educational Cinematographic Institute, and more especially to its Consultative and Technical Committee working jointly with the Organisation of Intellectual Cooperation and its Paris Institute, the following measures :
1) To call the attention of the Governments to the international importance of the cinema and its use as a means to further international understanding.
The Governments might be requested to take suitable measures either in their own countries, or by means of international agreements. Consultations of experts and preliminary studies might facilitate the preparation of the texts to be eventually submitted to the Governments.
2) To promote "gentlemen agreements" between producers and also seek their collaboration in order to encourage the production of fdms conceived in a spirit of impartiality, and presenting a real intellectual value, and likely to contribute to international understanding with the I. I. E. C.
3) To gather and classify by means of the national committees or institutes corresponding with the 1. 1. E. C, already existing or to be founded, all the cinematographic documentation capable of illustrating the material and spiritual life of the different peoples.
4) To this end, to establish all the necessary contacts with the governments, institutions and international associations concerned.
Youth and the Cinema.
Considering the growing development of the cinema which consequently results in the increasing participation of childhood and youth not only in performances especially organized for them in schools and parishes, but also in public performances ;
and that this situation may produce dangerous effects especially in regard to the health of children and young people, unless special precautions are taken in the interest of youth ;
and that the cinema can at the same time exercise a deep impression on the senses and on the imagination of children or young people, and thus constitute a very powerful means of moral influence but also a very serious danger.
The Congress states :
a) From the point of view of hygiene and considering that precautions are all the more necessary if the spectators are young, it is indispensable to assure sufficient