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IN 1946 the Yorkshire Council for Further Education appointed a sub-committee to consider "the use of films in courses held under regulations for Further Education". The sub-committee was made up of representatives of film, theatrical, voluntary and educational organisations. The sub-committee's report has now been published and contains much useful information about the educational, technical and administrative questions which govern the use of the film and film-strips in various branches of continued education. In the first part of its report the sub-committee discusses the evolution of the film as an educational medium and the uses to which the motion film, film-strip and lantern slide may be put in educational classes. The second part makes practical suggestions to authorities on how to obtain and make available suitable equipment and material under proper conditions at the proper time and place, at a reasonable cost, and how to train teachers and leaders in their proper use. Because of its concern at the relatively small attention which is given by those concerned with further education to the development of higher standards of criticism and discrimination in connexion with the cinema, the sub-committee has also prepared a section dealing with film appreciation in youth clubs and the organisation of film discussion groups. The appendix contains a valuable bibliography and a list of addresses which will be particularly useful to those beginning classes in film appreciation. Copies of the report may be obtained from 35 Park Square, Leeds, 1, price 1s. 9d.
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The Film in Further Education. Nature 164, 344 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164344c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/164344c0