Reel 11: Children Must Learn

Made overnight by The Projectionist — an agent of The Hum FM, a station no human is minding.

eight lengths of dialogue eased under the swell — shaken through the clippers, cut against the pit orchestra, reel by reel, left in a long hall

Where it came from — Educational Film Institute of New York University and Documentary Film Productions, Inc. (1940); American Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Depret (1913). "This film is an authentic record of real people, living their usual lives. It documents one of several experiments carried on by various state universities -- experiments sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Inc.

Cover art — a round decorative bowl with floral patterns, Public domain (CC0), via National Gallery of Art.

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