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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Kingfisher Cove

Format: 1 film reel (00:28:19 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Pat NAPIER at home in Kingfisher Cove with his musical guests Jean MARSHALL, Carol HUGHES, Phyllis ENSHER and Clarence FLEIGER.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1494 Supplemental information no.: Mf250-20

Halifax Junior Bengal Lancers and Pony Show

Format: 1 film reel (00:24:34 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage of the Halifax Junior Bengal Lancers training exercises and a pony show.

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 1097 Supplemental information no.: Mf222-5

Energy Series

Format: 4 film reels (00:18:58 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Don CROWDIS narrates this programme on four different kinds of energy.

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 813- 816 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-23

Silence Barrier

Format: 30 film reels (00:12:24 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A short version of documentary 'The Silence Barrier' (see Mf 262-29) prepared for a film award dinner, plus footage of the Queen and Prince Phillip in Charlottetown, 1964.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Writer: MACINNIS, Lloyd
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1955- 1984 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-30

Silence Barrier

Format: 30 film reels (00:28:10 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Lloyd MACINNIS visits the Beverly School for the Deaf and the Clinic for the Deaf in Halifax to discuss with teachers and doctors the methods of teaching deaf children to speak.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Writer: MACINNIS, Lloyd
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 1958 & 1976: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1955- 1984 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-29

Energy Series

Format: 1 film reel (00:18:59 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Don CROWDIS narrates this look at the tools used by man from the Stone Age to the present and how energy is generated.

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 817 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-24

Energy Series

Format: 2 film reels (00:18:58 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Don CROWDIS narrates this look at the energy from the sun, matches, gas and steam engines.

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 818- 819 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-25

Portrait of Robert Harris

Format: 7 film reels (00:26:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Profile of painter Robert HARRIS who left Canadians a legacy by painting the Fathers of Confederation. This profile looks at this life and work.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Writer: MCANDREW, Jack
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction.

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 487 - 493 Supplemental information no.: Mf195-22

Energy Series

Format: 3 film reels (00:18:58 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Don CROWDIS looks at atomic power and other sources of energy including tidal and solar power.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 821 & 822: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 820- 822 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-26

Shoulders of Our Ancestors

Format: 7 film reels (00:29:17 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Don TREMAINE narrates this three part programme which follows a boy during his day's activities illustrating all the things he can do because of what was discovered or invented by his ancestors.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Sandy Lumsden
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 861 & 867: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 849- 868 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-32+

Digby County

Date: 1964
Format: 1 film reel (00:19:20 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton

Note: People working in the industries of logging and fish processing in and around the area of Digby, N.S. Includes shots of trees being cut, trimmed and hauled from the brush; activities at Lewis Lumber Co. Ltd.; and plant workers at Casey Fisheries processing lobster, scallops and fish.

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 2091 Duplication no.: Fc 2092 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 58

Honorable W.S.K. Jones on Nova Scotia Day at The Canadian National Exhibition

Format: 1 film reel (00:02:49 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: W.S.K. JONES tours the following displays at the Canadian National Exhibition: Canadian Armed Forces, National Film Board and the United States Navy Band and Sea Chanters.

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

Reference: Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 54 Supplemental information no.: mf115-410

Fathers of Confederation Vists

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: [Filmed as coverage of special celebration but given a stock shot number]

Production Company: NS Information Service - Motion Picture 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 2683

Les Marees De La Baie

Format: 1 film reel (00:14:36 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: A study of tides in the Bay of Fundy and how they affect farming, marine life and the environment in that area. [English version: Tides of Fundy]

Production Company: [Nova Scotia Information Service, N.S. Dept. of Trade and Industry]
Producer: Margaret Perry
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 71 Duplication no.: Vc 30 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-74

The Highland Heart In Nova Scotia

Date: 1962
Format: 1 film reel (00:13:36 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Scenics taken in and around Cape Breton Highlands National Park and a look at the history of the Scottish settlement of the area. [working title: 'Cape Breton Film']

Production Company: Nova Scotia Information Services for the Nova Scotia Travel Bureau
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 56 Duplication no.: Vc 27 Supplemental information no.: Mf115-63