Date: 1961
Format: 1 film reel (00:9:20 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton
Note: Brief shots of African village life; shots of Dr. Leighton and field workers in the village and in meetings.
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 2073 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 49
Date: 1961
Format: 1 film reel (00:8:30 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton
Note: Various trims from 'Intro to Yoruba Country-1961'- mostly of village life in Nigeria.
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 2100 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 67
Format: 1 film reel (00:9:15 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 2018 Duplication no.: Fc 2019 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 5
Date: 1961
Format: 1 film reel (00:9:20 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton
Note: Scenes of various aspects of African village life. Brief footage of Dr. Leighton and his colleagues.
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 2072 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 48
Date: July 1961
Format: 1 videocassette (00:06:28 hrs.) : VHS, silent, b&w
Filmmaker: National Film Board of Canada
Note: This item is a newsreel release about Elizabeth LEFORT, from Point Cross, Cape Breton, who makes hand-hooked tapestries. Her works have been hung in Buckingham Palace, the Vatican Fine Arts Gallery and the White House.
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
Producer: K.G. Ferris
Broadcaster: National Film Board of Canada
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: National Film Board of Canada Nova Scotia Archives 1995-02 / Location no.: Vb 405 Supplemental information no.: Mf418
Format: 1 film reel (00:08:42 hrs.) : silent
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Various teams from across Canada and the US meet to participate in a seminar on tuna sport fishing at Wedgeport, Yarmouth County.
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fn 12 Supplemental information no.: mf115-416
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Longliner rigged for swordfishing etc.
Production Company: NS Travel Bureau (Film Section)
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2615 Supplemental information no.: mf115-621
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Clark's Harbour, Shelburne County street scenes and Atkinson House.
Production Company: NS Travel Bureau (Film Section)
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2616 Supplemental information no.: mf115-638
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Launchings. Boats in water swordfishing, etc.
Production Company: NS Travel Bureau (Film Section)
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2614 Supplemental information no.: mf115-637
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Launchings - Clark's Harbour, Cape St. Mary's, Shag Harbour.
Production Company: NS Travel Bureau (Film Section)
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2613 Supplemental information no.: mf115-636
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Construction - keel, ribs, planking stern, etc.
Production Company: NS Travel Bureau (Film Section)
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2611 Supplemental information no.: mf115-634
Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: Construction - ribs, knees, stern, cabin, etc.
Production Company: NS Travel Bureau (Film Section)
Broadcaster: NS Department of Trade and Industry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 2612 Supplemental information no.: mf115-635
Date: 1960
Format: 1 film reel (00:13:30 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: The history and adventures of a Cape Islander fishing boats in and around Clarke's Harbour, NS, as told from the boat's point of view.
Production Company: [Nova Scotia Information Service, N.S. Dept. of Trade and Industry ]
Producer: Margaret Perry
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 35 Duplication no.: Vc 22 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-45+
Date: 1960
Format: 1 film reel (00:13:00 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: A review of the groundwood and chipwood pulp and paper industry, including the steps involved in newsprint production.
Production Company: Nova Scotia Information Service, N.S. Dept. of Trade and Industry for the N.S. Dept. of Lands and Forests
Producer: Margaret Perry
Director: NORWOOD, Ned
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 127 Duplication no.: Vc 49 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-116+
Date: 1958
Format: 1 film reel (00:13:36 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services
Note: The myths surrounding the Micmac god, Glooscap, are retold using the Cape Blomidon and Cape Split areas for the setting.
Production Company: [N. S. Dept. of Trade and Industry, Nova Scotia Travel Bureau]
Producer: Margaret Perry
Director: PERRY, Margaret
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 48 Duplication no.: Vc 120 154 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-57
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