A training film is a form of
educational film – a
short subject
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documentary movie
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
, that provides an introduction to a topic. Both narrative documentary and
drama
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tisation styles may be used, sometimes both in the same production. While most educational films were made to be used in schools, training films were made and used by the
military
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, and civilian industry.
Countless training films were produced, in the days following the advent of
sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronization, synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decad ...
and before the beginnings of
industrial video, that were a supplement (or sometimes the main course) to classroom or office training and education. Films were usually made with an eye toward current trends and viewpoints, and employed for years after production as long as the topic-specific concepts remained valid; consequently, many training films took on a quaintness or
camp
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Outdoor accommodation and recreation
* Campsite or campground, a recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site
* a temporary settlement for nomads
* Camp, a term used in New England, Northern Ontario and New Brunswick to descri ...
appeal, as time went on. (Excerpts from period films provide great insight into changing attitudes and values; the training movies tapped for ''
The Atomic Café'' are just one example.)
Film genres
Training
Articles containing video clips
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