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Putting Films to Work BOARD, Women's Institutes can bring to their communities a very significant and popular sort of education and entertain- ment. It may not be practical to have films at regular Institute meetings very often, except as speakers use them to illustrate an address. The best filmsâ€"and most of those issued by the National Film Board â€" are important enough to deserve a program all to themw selves. with a discussion following the screen» ing. And the Institutes that have made the most effective use of films have arranged reg- ular film showings once or twice a month through the fall and winter and have had these meetings open to the community, in viting men as well as women to come and bring the whole family. (Incidentally the shows are usually held on Friday nights in consideration of school children.) To obtain films the National Film Board tells us: “You can borrow them at nominal service charges from the 16 mm. film library that serVes your local organizations.” (A list of officers for different areas of the province is given below.) “Most communities have a public film service, often at the public library. If you are in doubt about the most convenient source of films, ask the National Film Board regional office or the district representative nearest you.” For Ontario the regional office address is National Film Board, 1 Lombard Street, Ton route. The district offices are located as folâ€" ow5' Fort William: Fort William Public Library Hamilton: Room 551, National Revenue Building, 150 Main St. W. Hanover: Federal Building, 9th Avenue Kingston: Room 275, New Federal Building, Clarence St. London: Income Tax Building, 388 Dundas THROUGH THE NATIONAL FILM St. North Bay: Room 205, 101 Worthington Ave. E. Orillia: Room 201, Federal Building, 17-25 Peter St. W. Ottawa: Excelsior Life Building, 270 Laurier Ave. W. Toronto: Mackenzie Building, 1 Lombard St. An important difference between the Na- tional Film Board films and the films we see in a commercial theatre or that we watch on television, is that the Film Board films are 26 geared to stimulate discussion and each fili. is accompanied by a discussion guide to drill out the views of the assembly. So, the fih. not only brings us information or entertaii merit; it sets us exercising our minds in a d whEn they could easily go soft from lack - use. If we would like help in leading 1] discussion it is possible a representatiVe frr our district office would come in person . assist us. It is impossible to give any comprehens. list of films availableâ€"4hr: last catalogue cl tains around eight hundred titles. In practical farming some of the techni pictures are on Weeds, The Warble Fly, Cn munity Pastures, Rabies, one on “Poisr Pests and People,” several on farm mans ment. “Three Farmers" gives a portrait three farmers and three farms, one in Albe one in Ontario, one in New Brunswick, different types of farming but the comn phil030phy of the three farmers. “The L; Acres" a vivid documentary on changing : culture, tells the poignant story of familiar Quebecâ€"but it might be Ontarioâ€"who r. leave the small farms that mean home them. There are practical safety films including “One Day‘s Poisons”, a film poisoning accidents with children. With confederation year just ahead we a growing interest in Canadian history; we have films on the confederation story the men involved; a whole series on our tory makers, our explorers and our 56th On the natural resources and the beaut' i our country we have “Trans-Canada Jour ” in a jet-liner from Newfoundland to Var: ver; a tour of our National Parks in ‘ C Enduring Wilderness”; pictures of the I' Northâ€"the birds and flowers and car u herds in “The Edge of the Barrens." This leads into the general field of no 11 science and conservation. Most of us v Id like the color films on “Life in the Woot‘ " and on birds, from the birds of the fr- [- the seashore and the marshes to the fri: 0' little neighbors that nest in our trees and d- houses. Films on sociology deal especially =lh themes of prejudice and rehabilitation. JUT growing interest in our Indians and ESL’ ‘05 has created quite a demand for the pi Ate “Northern Campus”, made at the Yellow?’ rite school for Indian, Eskimo and white chilt C"- There are several pictures about New C- “3' diam, why they came to Canada, some 0f HOME AND cowl!"