Music in Our Schools

1953 film by Ken G. Hall

11 May 1953 (1953-05-11)^[1]

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Music in Our Schools is a 1953 Australian documentary directed by Ken G. Hall. It was made for the Department of Education and looks at the use of music in schools.^[2] According to the Sydney Morning Herald the film "resolves itself mainly into a scries of performances by choirs and picked instrumentalists."^[3]

The movie was released as a support featurette in cinemas for movies such as A Queen is Crowned.^[4]^[5]

Reviewing the movie, and another film for the Department of Education, the Sydney Morning Herald said "In matters of filmcraft, neither film seeks to leave plodding commonplace to find vivid and artistic ways ofcommunicaling useful data... Attempts to make individual stories-out of. the general work of, the department are... artificial, clumsy, and sometimes waggish."^[3]

References

^ "EDUCATION FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 May 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 13 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FILMS SHOWN AT CITY THEATRE". The National Advocate. Bathurst, NSW. 20 August 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 13 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b "EDUCATION FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 36, 002. New South Wales, Australia. 12 May 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 6 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "SINGER'S DEBUT IN MOVIE". Daily Mirror. No. 3768. New South Wales, Australia. 2 July 1953. p. 13 (Late Final Extra 2). Retrieved 6 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "SUN ARIA FINALISTS HAVE TOP ROLES IN OPERETTA". The Sun. No. 13, 527. New South Wales, Australia. 18 June 1953. p. 15 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 6 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.