It is not for me either to bite or to
caress the hand that feeds me, and I therefore refrain from all criticism, eulogistic or adverse, of the part played by the Editor of this paper in the film, Children at School, which was shown in public for the first time on Tuesday. His features, as portrayed on the screen, have been characterised by another journal in prudently equivocal terms, and I need only say of them that I believe they conceal a reasonably honest and well-intentioned soul. To the film itself I can give unqualified praise. Mr. Grierson and Mr. Basil Wright have produced one of the best docu- mentaries produced anywhere—as might be expected when the author of Drifters and the author of Song of Ceylon collaborate. That a commercial undertaking like the Gas, Light and Coke Company should out of pure altruism commission and include in an evening's programme (inci- dentally a quite first-class programme) of films with a definite advertising flavour this strictly objective picture of the light and dark sides of elementary education in England today is evidence of a public spirit that deserves all appreciation.
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