The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Although most people don‘t know it, the National Film Board (NFB) branch office at 659 King St. E., Kitchener is the distribution centre for hundreds of 16 millimetre films that wind up in libraries from Toberâ€" mory to Simcoe county. The NFB doesn‘t lend films directly to individuals because of the large terâ€" ritory the branch office covers and its limited staff. But its films eventualâ€" ly end up at church meetâ€" ings, in the class room and on the job as organizations and individuals borrow them from local libraries. The Kitchener _ office stocks a wide variety of films that number 1,350 at the present time. In adâ€" dition to basic stock, the branch office can order any of the hundreds of films that appear in the NFB‘s catalogue by telephoning the Toronto office. A relatively unknown fact about NFB films is that some of them come in many languages, ranging from Cantonese and Mandarin to Portuguese and German. *‘*Most of our films are available mainly in French or English or both. But verâ€" sions of our films are also available in many other languages; Polish, Italian, Greek, _ Dutch, _ Arabic. Japanese, Hindi, Czech, Finnish and Korean ... We don‘t stock tife foreign films here but we can get them at a couple of week‘s notice,"" said Robert Taylqr. manager of the Kitchener office. There is little demand in the Kâ€"W area for films in languages other than English and French although many different nationalities now make up the fabric of the population. Mr. Taylor atâ€" tributes this to the public‘s lack of awareness that foreign films are available through their local libraries. Film board provides films E for libraries and schools **We do get some requests 4 Pc. Bedroom Suite 2 Boudoir Lampe 7 Plece Kitchen Suite with extension Large 3â€"Seater Sofa and matching chair 2 End Tables 1 Coftee Table 2 Living Room Lampse â€" INCLUDES: NO $ DOWN NO PAYMENTS TILL MAY â€" EXTENDED TERM PLAN â€" â€" 9 x 12‘ Carpet The NFB‘s biggest cliâ€" ents locally are the Kitchâ€" ener public library and the Midwestern Library Sysâ€" tem, which buys and rents ‘‘*We are encouraging liâ€" braries and school boards to buy prir?: of the more popular filims instead of borrowing so more copies will be available in the area." â€" Mr. Taylor estimates that more than half of the NFB films borrowed from local libraries are used in schools as teaching devices. Another popular film clasâ€" sic,. the Railrodder, with Buster Keaton, has made the rounds of 19 bookings since April. Films about the environâ€" Dufferin, Huron, Wellington ment and social change and Waterloo. have been the most popular _ *"We felt it was desirable in Waterloo Region during to move to this area because the last few months. Atoneâ€" it is growing so rapidly. We ment, a conservation film,, â€"hope to concentrate our has had 17 bookings since attention on this area," last April. Another popular said Mr. Taylor. film is Death of a Legend, The new Kitchener office which debunks the popular includes expanded film myth that wolves are danâ€" storage facilities and a 50â€" gerous to man. seat theatre. The NFB *‘There‘s a lot of demand for Death of a Legend. It‘s going as fast as we can keep up with the orders." said Mr. Taylor. sports and social sciences. Some of the feature films, like Don‘t Rock the Boat, won‘t be available to the public until contract comâ€" mitments with commercial distributors have expired. for German films. But they mostly come from the Multiâ€"Cultural Centre. in Kitchener,"‘ he said. Lists of films that are available in more than one language can be obtained at local libraries or at the NFB branch office in Kitchener. The NFB carries a wide variety of films from feaâ€" tures like Don Messer and Don‘t Rock the Boat to eduâ€" cational and artistic films about Canadian history, geography, creative â€"arts, health medicine, science, 50J + 4 WB w ibA Aachd a 200 o2 0 in . ud L +C Ouiimanes 1t s /4 s Â¥ . J3 N# _3 Â¥+ z # C ¢ - The next film night in the series will be held Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. The topics of natural science and wildlife will be featured through two films; In â€" Search of the Bowhead Whale and Death of a Legend. The film showings, which are held the second Thursday of each month, will continue in March, April and May with the topics of social sciences. sports and recâ€" reation and the world around us. The NFB theatre is also used by groups from the ‘"‘The film series hasn‘t been an outstanding success but there seems to be a gradual buildâ€"up of interest," said Mr. Taylor. The new Kitchener office includes expanded film storage facilities and a 50â€" seat theatre. The NFB began a series of free pubâ€" lic film showings in October which has been a limited but growing success. *‘‘The Kitchener public library has been in films for quite a ~while, but other libraries are just starting to get into the field. It took us quite a while to get across the idea to libraries that they should carry other inâ€" formation items _ than books,"‘ he said. The NFB relocated its branch office from Hanover to Kitchener in September, 1974 so it could more efâ€" fectively serve citizens in eight _ counties; _ Grey, Bruce, _ Simcoe, _ Perth, Dufferin, Huron, Wellington and Waterloo. films for dozens of libraries in southern Ontario. | _ _ Mr. Taylor says librarâ€" films as an important inâ€" formation device to suppleâ€" ment book services. INSlFl.ZIET I0ON CO. TO KEEP HEAT IN! Heating costs too high? Get the facts from Drafts spoiling vour comfort? Updating your heating system? INSULATION INSULATE INSULATE 503 Brid?o St. Xlltot oo 885â€" 3596 INSULATE Wasting up to 1/2 of your heating dollars dn Wenter . . . BEST Robert Taylor, manager of the regional branch office of the National Film Board, examines one of 1.350 films that are lent to area residents through community to preview films they wish to rent. A group of students from Wil frid _ Laurier University is using the theatre once a week to show films on native peoples. ‘‘*We provide the theatre free as long as the groups are using our films . . . Howâ€" ever, we‘re not interested in people coming in. off the street to look at films. The purpose of the theatre is for us to promote our own films," said Mr. Tayâ€" lor. The Kitchener branch ofâ€" fice is part of the NFB agency that creates docuâ€" Dr. G.P.A. Evans Medical Officer of Health Kindergarten registration will be held throughout the Region of Waterloo during the last week of February 1976 and the first week of March 1976. If you have not received a letter notifying you of the time and place of this registration. please contact your school office for this information. It is important that the mother, the father or legal guardian be present at the registration time; a birth certificate, or other legal proof of your child‘s age will be required. In addition to school registration, your child will be registered for an early screening of his hearing. vision and school readiness by the public health nurses, and a dental screening by a dental hygienist. This information will be important for your child‘s progress in school. and will be mailed to your child‘s doctor. KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION 1976 TO ALL PARENTS OF CHILDREN â€"BORN IN 1971 J.F. Clifford Director of Education _: Waterloo County Separate School Board mentary, feature and exâ€" perimental films. Although no films are made locally, Mr. Taylor said citizens can channel suggestions about films they would like office. W N0 REGIONAL of WATERLOO RA. Cruickshank Director of Education Waterloo County Board of Education â€" DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES 528 Victoria St. N., Kitchener (Beside Weston Bakeries) 745â€"6136. After hours 578â€"7154 Large Indoor Showrcoms _ MEMORIAL AHEAD OF SHOULD YOU PURCHASE SUPERIOR MEMORLILALS Page 19