Useful Cinema Beth Watson As a practice-oriented book

As a practice-oriented book

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Drawing upon Strickland and Johnsons vast experience working with schools

Useful Cinema Beth Watson As a practice-oriented bookBy exploring the use of film in mid twentieth century institutions, including libraries, museums, classrooms, and professional organizations, the essays in Useful Cinema show how moving images became an ordinary feature of American life. In venues such as factories and community halls, people encountered industrial, educational, training, advertising, and other types of "useful cinema." Screening these films transformed unlikely spaces, conveyed