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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Sea Songs and Stories - Model Trains

Format: 1 film reel (00:26:44 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Lloyd MACINNIS interviews John H. WHITE, Curator of the Land Transporation Section of the Smithsonian Institute on the history of locomotives. Lloyd interviews Dave CALDWELL of the NS Museum of Science, and introduces sea songs and stories.

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 1098 Supplemental information no.: Mf222-6

Marjorie Lynch - Wild Cat Story, Beaverbrook Art Gallery

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:25 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Features include: Interview by Libby CHRISTENSEN with teacher Marjorie LYNCH who talks about her time teaching in the Northwest Territories; Paddy GREGG narrating the story of the hunt for a wild cat; interview by Ann HALEY with Stewart SMITH, curator of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, N.B.

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 368 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-16

French Lesson

Format: 1 film reel (00:19:20 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Nova Scotia French lesson with Madame GRAHAM.

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 783 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-10

Geometry Grade

Format: 1 film reel (00:19:19 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Frank MILNE conducts a lesson in Grade 11 geometry dealing with theorems and cyclic quadrilaterals.

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 755 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-07

Woodleigh Replicas - Dame Flora MacLeod

Format: 2 film reels (00:17:18 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: 2 items: Ribbon cutting ceremony at Dunvegan Castle, Scotland by Dame Flora MACLEOD (Chieftan of Clan MACLEOD)/ Interview with Col. JOHNSON, builder of PEI 'Woodleigh Replicas'.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 370: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 369- 370 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-17

Forgotten People

Format: 2 film reels (00:29:03 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Bill FULTON visits the Shubenacadie Indian Reserve and talks about the plight and future of the residents. He speaks with residents, Welfare officials and the local priest. Heard is Chief KNOCKWOOD.

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 315 316 Supplemental information no.: Mf199-08

Lunenburg Schooner Races

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

Note: SEE TITLE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT TIME OF INPUT.

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 348 Supplemental information no.: MF 200 - 1

Lunenburg Schooner Races

Format: 1 film reel (00:10:12 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of Lunenburg Schooner Races held in St. Margaret's Bay, N.S.

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 348 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-01

Christmas House Lighting

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

Note: FOOTAGE OF HOUSES AND YARDS IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA LIT WITH CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.

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 142 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 27

Studebaker Old Frank Nitti

Format: 2 film reels (00:08:43 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Libbie interviews a man named Alan about his 1928 Studebaker car, then they go for a ride in it.

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 1176- 1177 Supplemental information no.: Mf226-18

Bluenose II

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

Note: INTERVIEWS WITH THE CREW AND OWNER OF NOVA SCOTIA'S SCHOONER BLUENOSE II WHILE ON A VOYAGE TO THE CARIBBEAN.

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 131, 132 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 19

Ankles Aweigh

Format: 1 film reel (00:08:12 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: An amateur stage variety show. Possible Queen Elizabeth High School stage. First section deals with rehearsal and last with the actual performance.

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 1184 Supplemental information no.: Mf226-24

Robert Stanfield

Format: 1 film reel (00:10:39 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Libby CHRISTENSEN interviews Robert STANFIELD about his time as premier of N.S. and Gerry FOGARTY interviews people on the street about the biggest change in Halifax during the past year.

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 341 Supplemental information no.: Mf199-25

Diary of a Lobsterman

Format: 4 film reels (00:26:23 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A look at the life of lobster fisherman Gordon STEVENS and his son from Little Harbour, N.S.

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 387 - 390 Supplemental information no.: Mf195-05

Lobster Fishing

Format: 1 film reel (00:2:32 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of lobster fishing in or near Woods Harbour, N.S.

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 351 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-03