Biography of 'ELDER, John C'

Teacher and film-maker

Born 1902, Elder was a time served marine engineer, poster artist and craft teacher. He had a keen interest in the making of film, making interest travel and propaganda films for Pathe and Gaumont, and was a founder of the Scottish Educational Film Association. The Glasgow Corporation Education Department released Elder from teaching duties to supervise the technical side of the experiments they were carrying out on the value of film as a visual aid in the early 1930’s.

With J. Blake Dalrymple he formed Elder-Dalrymple Productions, producing the Carrick series of classroom films. In 1939, Elder represented Britain at an international film festival in Rome with his film Spring in the Fields. It was Scotland’s first home produced educational product to gain note on the international scene.

After naval war service Elder re-established his company as Elder Film Productions, "Producers of educational, documentary, publicity, general interest and theatrical films. Newsreel and television representatives."

In 1948 Elder and his wife Isabella travelled to Denmark to study the Danish film making industry at the Nordisk studios. They hoped to make film that would be taken up by the Children’s Film Foundation. Elder retired to Helensburgh where he died of a stroke.

See also ELDER, John C., DALRYMPLE, J. Blake and GILLESPIE, James Stirling

Researcher: Carolyn Young

Films associated with 'COCOZZA, Enrico'

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	STEAMER JOURNEY [1540] Add to my films A boy and his uncle go sailing among Scottish islands on cargo and passenger coastal ships.		1950 silent col
	STEEL WORKS, the [1782] Add to my films Two children visit a steel works where they see the furnace in action.		1948 silent col
	TEXTILES [0662] Add to my films Comprehensive survey of Scottish textile industry, showing relation between centres of various industries, sources of raw materials and driving power for mills. Manufacture of tweed, linen, sailcloth from jute, and cotton and silk thread are covered.		1937 silent bw
	TO THE TOP OF BEN NEVIS [1651] Add to my films A boy and his uncle climb Ben Nevis. At the summit they see two climbers coming off the cliff face through the mist, one of whom describes to the boy safety precautions necessary when climbing.		1949 silent col
	TRAMPING AND CAMPING [1692] Add to my films A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.		1948 silent col
	VISIT TO A SHIPBUILDING YARD [1270] Add to my films Children visit John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank and see vessels under construction and being fitted out.		1949 silent col
	WATER WHEEL, the [2170] Add to my films A water wheel is shown in operation.		1938 silent bw
	WORK IN A NEWSPAPER OFFICE [6827] Add to my films A young boy, just finished his schooling, is employed by a newspaper office. Through this scenario the film shows various departments of the newspaper offices, showing how a newspaper was put together in the 1940s.	Onsite only	1946 silent bw