'The Way We Were': Nova Scotia in Film, 1917-1950

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Indian Legends - Prisoners of The Hurons

Format: 1 film reel (00:14:04 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A series of sketches tell the Micmac story of Micmac prisoners rescued from the Hurons by the Micmac chief Glooscap.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1061 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-61

Dogfish

Format: 2 film reels (00:13:23 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at sharks.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 977; 1037 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-45

Thomas H. Raddall

Format: 8 film reels (00:29:20 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Ken HOMER interviews author Thomas H. RADDALL at his home in Liverpool, N.S.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 823- 830 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-27

Indian Legends - Badger The Mischief Maker

Format: 1 film reel (00:15:17 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A series of sketches tell the Micmac story 'Badger, the Mischief Maker'.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1081 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-70

Indian Legends - Rabbit Calls a Truce

Format: 3 film reels (00:13:55 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A series of sketches tell a Micmac story 'Rabbit Calls a Truce'.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1067- 1069 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-65

Indian Legends - Escape On Showshoes

Format: 2 film reels (00:13:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A series of sketches tell a Micmac story about a Micmac boy's escape on snowshoes from the Hurons.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1063- 1064 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-63

Indian Legends- Glooscap And The Beavers

Format: 4 film reels (00:14:30 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A series of sketches tell the Micmac story 'Glooscap and the Beavers'.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 1073: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1070- 1073 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-67

Indian Legends - The Man Who Was Made a Magician

Format: 3 film reels (00:13:30 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A series of sketches tell the Micmac story 'The Man Who Was Made a Magician'.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1078- 1080 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-69

Indian Legends - How Glooscap Made The Birds

Format: 3 film reels (00:17:36 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A series of sketches tell the Micmac legend story of how the god Gloosacap made birds.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1058- 1060 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-60

Crystals

Format: 1 film reel (00:13:29 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at crystals and their formation.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1035 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-43

Fungi

Format: 1 film reel (00:13:20 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The subject of fungi and different types of mushrooms are investigated.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1031 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-40

Where History Was Made - Room of Destiny

Format: 13 film reels (00:19:25 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Re-enactment of the historic meeting in Charlottetown, P.E.I. of the Fathers of Confederation.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Halifax] and the National Advisory Council on School Broadcasting in Co-operation with the Citizens of Charlottetown, PEI
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Writer: HARRINGTON, Joyce
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 770- 782 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-09

Lobsters

Format: 2 film reels (00:13:22 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at lobsters.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1032- 1033 Supplemental information no.: Mf221-41

Sheet Harbour

Format: 1 film reel (00:36:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Norman Deale

Note: Amateur silent footage of Sheet Harbour, N.S., and surrounding area shot during the 1960s and 1970s.

Producer: Norman Deale

Reference: Norman Deale Nova Scotia Archives 1988-55 / Location no.: Fc 2085 Duplication no.: Vc 1220

Introduction to Yoruba Country Print

Format: 1 film reel (00:9:00 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton

Note: Various scenes of Nigerian village life, and of African and Western field workers involved in gathering information relating to a project investigating mental health among the Yoruba people. Scenes include mud house construction, roof weaving, wood carving, funeral ceremony and medical planning session.

Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction until 2000.

Reference: Alexander Leighton Nova Scotia Archives 1987-14 / Location no.: Fc 2019 Duplication no.: Fc 2018 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 6