Bohlmann, J. (2020) Finding Scotland's cinema factor: from the cinema in education (1925) to the film in the classroom (1933). Visual Culture in Britain, 20(3), pp. 221-238. (doi: 10.1080/14714787.2019.1687329)
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Abstract
This article discusses two experiments that aimed to establish the educational value of cinema: the 1925 Cinema Commission’s report The Cinema in Education, and The Film in the Classroom, an experiment carried out by Glasgow Corporation between 1932 and 1933. Both experiments were part of a discourse on educational cinema that recognized film as a powerful visual medium with a profound impact on how children learned about and interacted with the world around them. The experiments contributed to the fledging of the educational film movement of the 1930s without, however, mirroring the transition to sound occurring in cinemas at that time.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | This work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council [AH/1020535/1]. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Bohlmann, Dr Julia |
| Authors: | Bohlmann, J. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Theatre Film and TV Studies |
| Journal Name: | Visual Culture in Britain |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 1471-4787 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1941-8361 |
| Published Online: | 20 December 2020 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). |
| First Published: | First published in Visual Culture in Britain 20(3):221-238 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons license |
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