Describes the controversy created by film when it was introduced to the American public in the 1920 and examines some social values that were questioned. (RB)

Suggestions for organizing the material in teaching the visual qualities of films and television. (CH)

The bibliographies cited in this collection deal with substantive issues in mass communication. Entries exclude media as creative forms, technical aspects of production, indexes, and union lists. The 234 entries--all works published since 1924--are arranged according to the following categories: (1) advertising and public relations, (2)…

An outline of various approaches for the teaching of film. (CH)

The core of this book consists of 131 short entries on individual Canadian filmmakers, arranged in alphabetical order, with filmographies and suggestions for further reading. The majority of the filmmakers who are described are directors; other members of the film community--producers, sound engineers, camera operators, and so on--are discussed in…

This guide lists a variety of resources relating to the use of films and other audiovisual materials in motion picture arts courses. Sections on books, pamphlets, and articles; periodicals; key organizations; and sources for film/television materials include brief descriptions. Nontheatrical distributors are listed for 16mm feature films, special…

Focusing on documentary elements, this study examines the film content and film techniques of 681 motion pictures produced in the United States prior to 1904. Analysis of films by type, subject matter, and trends in subject matter shows that one-third of the early films are documentary in type and three-fourths of the films use subject matter of a…

This paper describes a two-credit, one-semester course on the instructional film, which has been taught at Southern Illinois University. The class meets twice a week: the first of the weekly sessions is used for lectures and guest speakers, and the second session is used for viewing and analysis of films. The paper describes topics covered in…

Describes a film history course available to elementary school students at P.S. 75 in New York. (RB)

Condensed from "The Journal of Higher Education, Volume 39 (October 1968), 388-94.

This survey of efforts in the bibliographic control of film literature includes a review of cataloging practices for motion pictures, an analysis of the handling and control of the major works about motion pictures, a comparison of the major film cataloging codes used in the United States, Great Britain, and Europe, and a survey of the major…

Some of the "quality short films" available today are far more effective for film study than the traditional instructional films. The explicit learning from the noninstructional type of film (e.g., "You're No Good," the story of a young dropout) must occur through inference as the impact of the film is deepened through provocative class…

This book surveys the roles of blacks in the film industry. The introduction discusses the question if why there should be a black cinema. The seventeen sections of the book discuss such people and topics as the black actor, movies and life and black people, Sidney Poitier as the black superstar, Diahann Carroll and black female singers in movies,…