The article aims to discuss the importance of the cinematograph in the mass culture at the beginning of the 20th century in the Kingdom of Poland, with particular emphasis on its educational impact. It is equally important to present “moving pictures” as a modern teaching resource. In the article the methods of historical and pedagogical research were used, including the philological (lexical) method for the analysis of press sources. As a result of the analysis of archival materials and journalism – weekly magazines and daily press, it was established what opinions were formulated about the new teaching resource. Examples of the activities of “pedagogical cinematographers” in the Congress Kingdom of Poland at the beginning of the 20th century were indicated. The areas of education in which fiction and popular science films were used were presented. Their application in school and out-of-school education was described, including the education of children, adolescents and adults.
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