Social Salvation (1898)

Directed by

Herbert Booth

Genre

documentary film

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a series of short films and slides from 1898 made by the Salvation Army in Australia. It shows their social work and was presented with a lecture by the director. It is considered the first Australian narrative film about social work.

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What happens

Social Salvation started as an 1898 series of films and slides produced by the Limelight Department of the Salvation Army in Australia. It was directed by Herbert Booth, who would present the films while lecturing. By 1900 it had evolved to a series of 25 one minute films and 275 slides. It has been acclaimed as the first Australian narrative film on social work. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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