"This is to certify that 'Gone With the Wind' has been passed for Universal exhibition" etc, etc.

There was of course the NCB.... National Coal Board.Gibbo's favourite the Birmingham History Forum was the first up on Google with a thread on "The School Board Man"
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/t ... man.38872/
Kicked off as the British Board of Film Censors in 1912, ans still carry the "Board" bit to today.bobins wrote: 12 Nov 2024, 11:37 The British Board of Film Classification .
"This is to certify that 'Gone With the Wind' has been passed for Universal exhibition" etc, etc.![]()
NeilWhen T. P. O’Connor was appointed President of the BBFC, one of his first tasks was to give evidence to the Cinema Commission of Inquiry, set up by the National Council of Public Morals in 1916. He summarised the BBFC's policy by listing forty-three grounds for deletion
1. Indecorous, ambiguous and irreverent titles and subtitles
8. Unnecessary exhibition of under-clothing
12 Indecorous dancing
21 Scenes holding up the King’s uniform to contempt or ridicule
28 The effects of vitriol throwing
42. Scenes laid in disorderly houses
Done! The Scottish Electronic music Duo named after the National Film Board of Canada, and the documentaries and animations they had watched as children.bobins wrote: 12 Nov 2024, 11:27 Boards of Canada....... which may require the tiniest bit of looking up![]()
I like that one!