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Local group preserves and shows old school movies

St. Louis Public Radio
Published February 14, 2006 at 10:14 AM CST
Some of the 6,000 reels of films the group in St. Louis got from the city School District. (photo from Film Archive)
Some of the 6,000 reels of films the group in St. Louis got from the city School District. (photo from Film Archive)

By Matt Sepic, KWMU

St. Louis, MO – In St. Louis, an effort to preserve classic 16-mm educational movies includes showing the films. A group holds monthly screenings of films like The Living Soil, which was produced by Shell Oil Company in the 1960s to extol the virtues of pesticides.

KWMUs Matt Sepic prepared this report for NPRs Morning Edition. It can be heard by clicking here.

More information: The Academic Film Archive.
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