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(1) THE reviewer is biased against this volume by the statement on the jacket that “here for the first time the film's place in education is defined, its function analysed, and its possibilities as a teacher described in words that all may understand”. This claims too much; but perhaps the book is better than it might appear. There is first an apologia for films in school, then the larger part of the book is taken up with accounts of films and projectors available, and finally there is a summary of a few lessons aided by films and a series of short statements about the use of films culled from various sources.
(1) The Cinema in Education:
a Handbook for Teachers. By D. Charles Ottley. Pp. xi + 130 + 4 plates. (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1935.) 3s. 6d. net.
(2) The Film in the School
Edited by J. A. Lauwerys. Pp. 140 + 4 plates. (London: Christophers, 1935.) 3s. 6d.
(3) A National Encyclopaedia of Educational Films and 16mm. Apparatus
Pp. 288. (London: Central Information Bureau for Educational Films, Ltd., 1935.) 21s.
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(1) The Cinema in Education: (2) The Film in the School (3) A National Encyclopaedia of Educational Films and 16mm Apparatus. Nature 136, 1007–1008 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/1361007a0
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