Social Salvation

{{short description|1898 documentary film directed by Herbert Booth}}

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| director = Herbert Booth

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| writer = Herbert Booth
Joseph Perry

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| studio = Limelight Department of the Salvation Army

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Social Salvation started as an 1898 series of films and slides produced by the Limelight Department of the Salvation Army in Australia.{{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 }} It was directed by Herbert Booth, who would present the films while lecturing.{{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}}{{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}} By 1900 it had evolved to a series of 25 one minute films and 275 slides.

It has been acclaimed as the first Australian narrative film on social work.[https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/Who-We-Are/History-and-heritage/Australias-first-film-studio/ "Australia's First Film Studio" Salvation Army]