{{short description|1898 documentary film directed by Herbert Booth}} {{italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Social Salvation | image = | alt = | caption = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Herbert Booth | producer = | writer = Herbert Booth<br/>Joseph Perry | screenplay = | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | starring = | narrator = | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Limelight Department of the Salvation Army | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1898|7|1|Australia}} | runtime = | country = Australia | language = Silent | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Social Salvation''''' started as an 1898 series of films and slides produced by the Limelight Department of the Salvation Army in Australia.<ref name=ABC>{{cite web |title=Social Salvation, 1898 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/limelight/docs/films/5_1_3_04.htm |website=Wayback Machine |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020211073506/http://www.abc.net.au/limelight/docs/films/5_1_3_04.htm |access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=11 February 2002 }}</ref> It was directed by Herbert Booth, who would present the films while lecturing.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175314636 |title=Social Salvation. |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Brisbane |date=18 July 1899 |accessdate=29 June 2015 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3232854 |title=COMMANDANT BOOTH'S VISIT. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=14 August 1899 |accessdate=29 June 2015 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> By 1900 it had evolved to a series of 25 one minute films and 275 slides.<ref name=ABC/>
It has been acclaimed as the first Australian narrative film on social work.<ref>[https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/Who-We-Are/History-and-heritage/Australias-first-film-studio/ "Australia's First Film Studio" ''Salvation Army'']</ref>
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Category:Limelight Department films Category:Salvationism in Australia Category:1890s Australian films Category:Australian short documentary films Category:1898 films Category:1898 short films Category:Australian silent short films Category:Australian black-and-white films
Category:1890s short documentary films
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