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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Food Processing

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Peas, beans, meat, fish

Production Company: NS Information Service - Films
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 2620 Supplemental information no.: mf115-640

Structural Steel

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Burnside, HX [Dominion Steel was the first industrial plant in Burnside Industrial Park.

Production Company: NS Information Service - Films
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 2618

Nouvelle Ecosse Nouvelle

Date: 1961
Format: 1 film reel (00:19:34 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Promotional film about the industries of Nova Scotia.[English version: New Nova Scotia]

Production Company: [Nova Scotia Information Service, N.S. Dept. of Trade and Industry ]
Producer: Margaret Perry
Director: PERRY, Margaret
Language: French
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fc 83 Duplication no.: Vc 188 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-82

New Nova Scotia

Date: 1961
Format: 1 film reel (00:19:35 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Promotional film emphasizing Nova Scotia's many industries.

Production Company: [Nova Scotia Information Service, N.S. Dept. of Trade and Industry ]
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 80 2126 Duplication no.: Vc 34 1102 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-80

New Nova Scotia

Date: 1961
Format: 1 film reel (00:19:35 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Promotional film emphasizing Nova Scotia's many industries.

Production Company: [Nova Scotia Information Service, N.S. Dept. of Trade and Industry ]
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 81 Duplication no.: Vc 34 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-80

From H-4 Onward

Date: 1963
Format: 1 film reel (00:20:01 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: Film illustrating the various ways membership in a 4-H Club can help you in making decisions about your life and future career.

Production Company: Francis J.S. Holmes Ltd. [Winnipeg]
Broadcaster: Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
Access: Open for consultation; written permission must be obtained from copyright owner for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture Nova Scotia Archives 1985-05 / Location no.: Fc 1867 Supplemental information no.: mf328-34

Segregation at Beechville Lakeside School

Format: 1 film reel (00:16:36 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Evelyn GARBARY is interviewed about segregation for Black children living in Beechville, N.S., from the Lakeside School.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 318 Supplemental information no.: Mf199-10

Wind Song

Format: 16 mm : b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: AN UNIDENTIFIED FAMILY ENJOYS SAILING ON THE YACHT WINDSONG.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: FB 296 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 116

Countdown to New Year

Format: 1 film reel (00:7:09 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television
Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1823 Supplemental information no.: Mf261-17

Spindrift

Format: 2 film reels (00:8:55 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of the Nova Scotia shoreline and fishing villages.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1821- 1822 Supplemental information no.: Mf261-16

Ferguson Radio Show

Format: 16 mm : b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: THE Max FERGUSON RADIO SHOW BROADCAST LIVE FROM HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE NEPTUNE THEATRE.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: FB 153 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 36

Marblehead

Format: 1 film reel (00:15:47 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Libbie interviews first the wife of a skipper in the Marblehead sailing race, then a woman who cooked on another boat. The first is American, the second Australian. Both are interviewed on or by their boats (Mrs. JOHNSTON and Miss CRESMAN).

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1159 Supplemental information no.: Mf226-02

Fiddling Footage

Format: 1 film reel (00:07:20 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of a fiddling and step dancing competition held in Halifax at the Forum. Shots of audience and participants.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1165 Supplemental information no.: Mf226-08

Gillian Cressman Interview at Marblehead

Format: 1 film reel (00:18:52 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Libbie again interviews Gillian CRESSMAN (see Fb 1159), one of the subjects in the Marblehead race and an Australian adventurer. Talk mainly about the time she spent in South Africa, apartheid, and an incident she found herself in when confronted by a crowd of blacks during a riot. Also talks about her short story writing.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1160 Supplemental information no.: Mf226-03

Beaverbrook Art Gallery

Format: 3 film reels (00:25:18 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Ken HOMER attends the opening of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, N.S. This is silent footage only.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 425- 427 Supplemental information no.: Mf195-11