The Goal of the Motion Picture in Education

symptom that needs to be considered. He is the measure of the intemperate claim-everything spirit that has inspired too much of the talking and writing on this important subject. A first step toward a clear understanding of the real value of the motion picture in education might well be the question: What are its limitations? But as so many people are at once offended when a new subject is approached that way, let us take the other way round. No one will object if one begins with the question: What can the motion picture do that nothing else can do? It is quite plain that this question has not been asked often enough or searchingly enough. Glib repetition of the mere words counts for nothing. Call that what it is, mere gesture, and forget it. Forget also the claimeverything answers. There is but one way to get at worthwhile answers and that is by taking a given subject, presenting it skillfully both in words and in motion pictures, and then examining carefully the contrasting results

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