School in the mailbox
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | School in the mailbox |
| Country of production | Australia |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1947 |
| length | 19 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stanley Hawes |
| music | John Antill |
| camera | J. William Trerise |
School in the Mailbox (also spelled School in the Mail-Box ) is an Australian short documentary film that Stanley Hawes made in 1946. It was shown for the first time in 1947. The film received an Oscar nomination .
content
The film from the Film Australia collection, which is based on a request from UNESCO , shows how children who live in the Australian outback are taught and educated through correspondence courses and over the radio by state-controlled schools. Since the children simply live too far away to be able to attend schools, the Australian government ensures that teachers are available to them too, who can look after the children as individually as possible and adapt their learning rhythm. So it happens that in these “classrooms” there are teachers but no students. It shows how resourceful you had to be in the time when it was not yet possible to correspond with one another via satellite or the Internet or even just by photocopying. Trains, cars, buggies, bicycles, airplanes and even camels were necessary to guarantee lessons, in order to transport documents from one place to another and thus also give the children of the outback the opportunity to start studying. However, radio played a key role in this process.
Production notes
The film was produced by the Australian National Film Board Production and the Australian News & Information Bureau.
The film was also shot to be shown at a UNESCO conference. His shooting time took three weeks. Director Stanley Hawes directed School in the Mailbox shortly after being named producer-in-chief on the Australian National Film Boards.
Award
The Australian News and Information Bureau was nominated with the film at the Academy Awards 1948 for an Oscar in the category "Best Documentary Short Film" , but had to admit defeat to the United Nations Division of Films and Visual Education and the film First Steps , which occupied with a child's development from their first steps.
Web links
- School in the mailbox in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- School in the Mailbox at worldcat.org (English)
- School in the mail box full movie
Individual evidence
- ^ Ian Aitken: Encyclopeida of the Documentary Film 3-Volume Set , Publisher: Routledge, Taylor F. Francis Group, New York - London, p. 57
- ↑ The 20th Academy Awards | 1948 at oscars.org (English)