The Archive · 1940

Film Censorship

Amongst the disadvantages in living in an International Settlement in times such as these is the fact that the heavy-handed censorship the films prevents residents from seeing pictures incidents In connection. with the war which they would greatly like to see. To all intents find. purposes there Is'no. war. in. progress europe if the fare provided in the news reels to be taken as a eviterion, and. It is understood {hat ati this Is the result Of m censorship which pears to. be Ieaning bnekewavd in an endeavour to preserve a colourless neutrality. The idea in the circumstances cannot be too heavily Hized, because itis quite apparent that the Ntontions of the authorities are animated with Praisoworthy motives, but. ix there not a pos Sionity. that te being curried to0 far? iis understood tha ast few weeks Susan notions ave" een cut rom news the to bet 's is it is learned that "recently. api it evacuated Children. being visited by_ their mothers was Sliminated'by the cenors,'So also were pictures St''the grinding of Tenses to be. employe making binoculars. for the use. of the forees the assembly of aiveratt tnat but by no mean least scenes taken in France during LEAT, the King's visit to the B theoneeivable that any of these portions of ners Heels cout have led to reaches of the peace, Though ie must Ber admitted there might "be ome or the more unruly members of the Waey who might race a vow. More Micely" that so Tong as an even balance is maintained Between the fins taken' on both sides of this rue, vets, say, which were taken by neutral Sinema concerns, would, so tong as the running Cimementary were not obnoxious, be welcomed Gyal who prefer to see and hear both sides of by all gestens I cane readily: admitted. that ary Mf the news eels might prove objection some Of certain rections of the community, and

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