| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/13/8 |
| Title | 'Cinemas' |
| Date | 1926 - 1946 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud (NUWT), NUWT members including Sybil M. Burls and Edith Crosby (and including members from the London Unit Film Committee), the British Film Institute (BFI), various film equipment companies including correspondence with Mary Field at British Instructional Films Ltd, and the Commission on Educational and Cultural Films (CECF) regarding the use of films in education and childrens cinema attendance.
The correspondence covers:
Arrangements for a series of conferences to discuss a report 'Film and National Life' and proposals for a National Film Institute, organised by the CECF
NUWT representation at meetings of the CECF
Reports from the CECF
Minutes of meetings of the Committee on Educational Films (convened by the Association of Scientific Workers)
Children as filmmakers - show of films made by children, organised by the BFI
Arrangements for a meeting between the NUWT and the BFi so the BFI can give demonstrations on the use of education in film
Collated responses to a questionnaire on cinema attendance and cinema likes and dislikes of children between the ages of 14 and 18
The use of films and film equipment for educational purposes in schools
Talking pictures in schools - includes material on the free lending library set up by the Empire Marketing Board
The Middlesex Experiment - experiment using films in the classroom, 1930
Information on educational films and equipment for viewing films in schools
Invitations to demonstrations of educational films
Leaflets and fliers advertising progammes and demonstrations of educational films, including the acclaimed series 'Secrets of Nature'
Reports and publications including:
'Scope of Enquiry and Appeal for Funds', CECF, 1930
'Deputation to the President of the Board of Education', CECF, 1930
'Report of progress for the year 1929 - 1930 presented to the Annual Conference at Burlington House', CECF, 1930
'The Proposed Film Institute', CECF, 1932
'Report of an Educational Film Campaign', BFI, 1940
'Visual Education', BFI, 1946
'School Design', BFI, 1944
Annual reports from the BFI for: 1941; 1945
'The Film in National Life', BFI, 1943
Press cuttings regarding:
Formation of the BFI
Use of films in education
Response from a teacher in 'The Schoolmistress' to demonstrations of educational films |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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