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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Physics Lesson

Format: 1 film reel (00:2:28 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of an old saw mill's wheel turning.

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 811 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-21

Bruce Kirby - Finn Sailing Class

Format: 2 film reels (00:09:09 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Libbie interviews Olympic contestant in Finn Sailing Class for the Tokyo Olympics, Bruce KIRBY, about sailing. Shot in Newport, Rhode Island.

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 1178- 1179 Supplemental information no.: Mf226-19

D-Day

Format: 2 film reels (00:27:05 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Canadian veterans re-live D-Day.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 311: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 310- 311 Supplemental information no.: Mf199-06

Bluenose II - Under Sail

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

Note: FOOTAGE OF NOVA SCOTIA'S SCHOONER BLUENOSE II UNDER SAIL.

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 133 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 21

Bluenose II

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

Note: INTERVIEWS ABOUT, AND A SAIL ON, NOVA SCOTIA'S SCHOONER BLUENOSE II.

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 - 20

Beechville - Lakeside School Amalgamation

Format: 1 film reel (00:4:25 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Evelyn GARBARY, member of the Board of Trustees of Lakeside School, expresses her concern about the decision of the School Board and Lakeside residents, not to permit the children from Beechville to attend the primary grades at 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 298 Supplemental information no.: Mf199-01

Animal Tracks

Format: 1 film reel (00:16:34 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of the hobby of making moulds from animal track imprints.

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 1102 Supplemental information no.: Mf222-9

Centennial Pageant, Two Islands

Format: 2 film reels (00:57:46 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of a Centennial pageant in the New Confederation Centre in Charlottetown, PEI, 1964. A play is performed by the Centennial Company with Mavor MOORE as the Artistic Director.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Beth McGowan And Jack O'Neil
Director: ARSENAULE, Adrian/ IRVING, Ron
Writer: TOWNSEND, Adele
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1989- 1990 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-32

The Land Wither Ye Go

Format: 6 film reels (00:23:13 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Ken HOMER looks at the history of Loyalist settlement in New Brunswick and the churhes built during the 18th century. Settlements in Saint John, Fredericton and Woodstock are profiled.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1419 - 1424 Supplemental information no.: Mf245- 06

Greatest of These

Format: 3 film reels (00:26:19 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Ken HOMER narrates this history of the Sisters of Charity of Halifax, N.S. and the beatification of Mother Elizabeth SETON. Footage of St. Mary's Convent on Barrington, of Mount St. Vincent in Rockingham, of St. Joseph's Orphanage on Quinpool Rd. and the Halifax Infirmary.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1425 - 1427 Supplemental information no.: Mf245- 07

The Drumhead Service

Format: 2 film reels (00:59:25 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Craig OLIVER and John RAE commentate on the Drumhead Service Ceremony of the Royal Canadian Navy held in Victoria Park in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bill Harper And Jack MacAndrew Harper
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 2058- 2059 Supplemental information no.: Mf260-13

Remembrance to Lucy Maud Montgomery

Format: 12 film reels (00:30:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A profile of writer Lucy Maude MONTGOMERY, creator of Anne of Green Gables.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Jack MacAndrew And Jack O'Neil
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 477: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 466- 477 Supplemental information no.: Mf195-19

Dominion - Provincial Conference

Format: 4 film reels : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. PEARSON and the 10 provincial premiers hold a Dominion Provincial Conference in Charlottetown, PEI. Commemorates the Fathers of Confederation 1864 meeting.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1985- 1988 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-31

Don Messer's Jubilee

Format: Film reels (00:29:02 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A programme of music and dancing featuring Don Messer and his group 'The Islanders'. Guests include singer/ dancer Charlie RICHARDS and singer Margo GRANEL.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1723 Supplemental information no.: Mf254-1

Don Messer's Jubilee

Format: Film reels (00:29:13 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A programme of music and dancing featuring Don Messer and his group 'The Islanders'. Guests include Duke NIELSON and Ronnie DORMAN.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1724 Supplemental information no.: Mf254-2