| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/13/2 |
| Title | 'Cinemas (i)' |
| Date | 1925 - 1954 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT) , NUWT London Unit Cinema Committee, Ministry of Education, British Board of Film Censors, 'Daily News', Empire Marketing Board, Home Office, various Local County Councils, Theodora Bonwick, Helen Dedman and other NUWT members regarding:
Correspondence between Dr. E. Toms, teacher and NUWT member, and a company 'Common Ground Strip Film' which produce films for educational use, regarding criticisms of the lack of women acting as representatives on their committee
Concern from NUWT members on the effect of frequent cinema attendance on children
NUWT representation on a Committee for the Production of Educational Films
Requests for NUWT pamphlets on reports on films shown to children and the effects of films on children
Request for information on NUWT action with regards to the showing of 'unsuitable' films to children
NUWT enquiry as to why the film on the life of Louis Pasteur was not passed as a film suitable for children
NUWT enquiry regarding the constitution and members of the British Board of Film Censors
NUWT enquiry for a list of Licensing Authorities in England and Wales
NUWT Conference Resolutions regarding children and the cinema
Response from Local Town Halls and County Councils to the NUWT Conference Resolution calling for the exclusion of children from 'A' films even if accompanied by an adult
NUWT regret at the winding up of the Empire Marketing Board and the discontinuation of their film services for schools
Arrangements, details and reports from meetings of the NUWT London Unit Cinema Sub-Committee regarding the suitability or otherwise of films shown to children
Outline of the findings of a brief enquiry by the London Unit of the NUWT into the suitability or otherwise of films shown at children's Saturday cinema shows
Arrangement of, and reports from, meetings organised to discuss film censorship and control over films shown to children
Central Council report of a 'Conference on Films for Children' called by the British Film Institute
Report from the International Educational Film Conference in Vienna in 1931
'Daily News' campaign on the need for more censorship of films for children
Report of a meeting of the national Council of Women of Great Britain regarding censorship of films for children
NUWT Central Council letter urging branches to do what they can to support an initiative of the Bernstein Theatres to instigate special children's film programmes on Saturday mornings
Reports and publications including:
Extracts from various issues of 'The Women Teacher' detailing NUWT Conference Resolutions regarding children and the cinema
Catalogues advertising film projection equipment and educational films for sale or rent
'Films and Social Responsibility - the Story of a Great Endeavour', Motion Picture Association of America, 1945
Pamphlets and leaflets detailing cruelty to animals, in films and the circus
'Report of an enquiry into Film Censorship', National Council of Women of Great Britain
Catalogue of the film library of the Empire Marketing Board, 1932
'A Conference on Films for Children', British Film Institute, 1936
'The Films Through the Children's Eyes - the Fascination of Fear - Demand for Special Censorship', 1926
Press cuttings regarding:
Film censorship
Discussion of the admission of children to 'A' films with accompanying adults
Report of the decision of the Post Office to take over responsibility for the films unit of the Empire Marketing Board
Report of meetings of the NUWT London Unit Cinema Sub-Committee |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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