| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/13/1 |
| Title | 'Children and the Cinema' |
| Date | 1925 - 1950 |
| Description | Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association and NUWT members including Theodora Bonwick, A. L. Ferrari, and Hilda Cottam regarding the effects of attendance at the cinema of children under sixteen.
The correspondence covers:
Requests from members for further copies of 'The Woman Teacher' on 'Children and Cinema', for circulation and propaganda
Completed copies of a questionnaire sent to NUWT members on 'Children and the Cinema'
Information from NUWT members on the provision for children's cinema in their area
List of the steps taken by the NUWT to set up childrens performances in cinemas
Deputation to the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association (included NUWT representation from Theodora Bonwick and Miss E. H. Coleman)
Notes and Memorandum from the London Unit of the NUWT on 'Cinemas and Children'
Report on the formation of a 'Municipal school cinema' at the Hague
Submission of evidence by the NUWT to the Committee on Children and the Cinema (includes various drafts and amendments)
Copy of 'The Bernstein Children's Film Questionnaire', 1947
NUWT Annual Report for 1928 - includes section on Cinemas
Leaflets advertising cinema programmes in various locations throughout England and Wales
'Children and the Cinema - evidence submitted to the Committee on Children and the Cinema', NUWT, July 1948
Press cuttings regarding:
Creation of a new category of film classification, the 'X' film
Statistics on the number of children that go to the cinema
Effects of cinema on children
Reports of the NUWT evidence on 'Children and the Cinema' submitted to the Committee on Children and the Cinema
Saturday film clubs
'The Woman Teacher' 06/02/1925; 13/05/1932; 21/01/1949; 26/05/1950 - with articles on the cinema |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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