ABSTRACT
The industrial film genre has so far been a neglected field in Norwegian film studies. One of the main reasons for this may be that there has been very little discussion of the genre as such in Norway. The most comprehensive Norwegian film bibliography 1 contains no entries related to “film and industry” or “industrial film.” In spite of this, there has, over the years, been a steady output of what could be defined as “industrial film” in the form of information and educational films sponsored by industrial companies and corporations, in addition to films produced for public-relations purposes and outright advertising. Some of these films have, however, been discussed and described in a historical context, for example in Diesen 2 (about Norwegian educational film) and Skretting 3 (about Norwegian advertising film).
