LEADER 04154nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910778810203321 005 20230802004344.0 010 $a1-283-42767-2 010 $a9786613427670 010 $a0-19-987466-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000079331 035 $a(EBL)845952 035 $a(OCoLC)773827825 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL845952 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10524898 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL342767 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC845952 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000079331 100 $a20110217d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 200 00$aLearning with the lights off$b[electronic resource] $eeducational film in the United States /$fedited by Devin Orgeron, Marsha Orgeron, and Dan Streible 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (544 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-538384-2 311 $a0-19-538383-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Companion Website; Introduction; 1. A History of Learning with the Lights Off; 2. The Cinema of the Future: Visions of the Medium as Modern Educator, 1895-1910; 3. Communicating Disease: Tuberculosis, Narrative, and Social Order in Thomas Edison's Red Cross Seal Films; 4. Visualizing Industrial Citizenship; 5. Film Education in the Natural History Museum: Cinema Lights Up the Gallery in the 1920's; 6. Glimpses of Animal Life: Nature Films and the Emergence of Classroom Cinema 327 $a7. Medical Education through Film: Animating Anatomy at the American College of Surgeons and Eastman Kodak 8. Dr. ERPI Finds His Voice: Electrical Research Products, Inc. and the Educational Film Market, 1927-1937; 9. Educational Film Projects of the 1930's: Secrets of Success and the Human Relations Film Series; 10. "An Indirect Influence upon Industry": Rockefeller Philanthropies and the Development of Educational Film in the United States, 1935-1953; 11. Cornering The Wheat Farmer (1938); 12. The Failure of the NYU Educational Film Institute 327 $a13. Spreading the Word: Race, Religion, and the Rhetoric of Contagion in Edgar G. Ulmer's TB Films 14. Exploitation as Education; 15. Smoothing the Contours of Didacticism: Jam Handy and His Organization; 16. Museum at Large: Aesthetic Education through Film; 17. Celluloid Classrooms and Everyday Projectionists: Post-World War II Consolidation of Community Film Activism; 18. Screen Culture and Group Discussion in Postwar Race Relations; 19. "A Decent and Orderly Society": Race Relations in Riot-Era Educational Films, 1966-1970; 20. Everything Old is New Again 327 $aor, Why I Collect Educational Films 21. Continuing Ed: Educational Film Collections in Libraries and Archives; 22. A Select Guide to Educational Film Collections; Contributors; Index; 330 $aA vastly influential form of filmmaking seen by millions of people, educational films provide a catalog of twentieth century preoccupations and values. As a medium of instruction and guidance, they held a powerful cultural position, producing knowledge both inside and outside the classroom. This is the first collection of essays to address this vital phenomenon. The book provides an ambitious overview of educational film practices, while each essay analyzes a crucial aspect of educational film history, ranging from case studies of films and filmmakers to broader generic and historical assessment 606 $aEducational films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMotion pictures in education$zUnited States 615 0$aEducational films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMotion pictures in education 676 $a371.33/523 676 $a371.33523 701 $aOrgeron$b Devin$01558279 701 $aOrgeron$b Marsha$01084834 701 $aStreible$b Dan$0973318 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778810203321 996 $aLearning with the lights off$93822527 997 $aUNINA