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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Halifax Commons Opening

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

Note: OPENING OF THE COMMONS PLAYGROUND IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA BY MAYOR Charles VAUGHAN.

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 178 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 44

Joseph Howe House Outs

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

Note: SEE FILM 'BIRTHPLACE OF JOSEPH HOWE'.

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 353 Supplemental information no.: MF 200 - 5

HMCS Restigouche

Format: 2 film reels (00:25:56 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Paddy GREGG take the viewer on board the HMCS Restigouche to learn about its functions and role in the Canadian Navy and to find out what life is like on board a destroyer. He interviews the Captain of the ship.

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 363 364 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-12

Mrs. Linden Weaver

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

Note: MRS. LINDEN, A NOVA SCOTIAN WEAVER, WEAVES WITH AUTHENTIC FISHERMEN'S TWINE.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives

Moon Preparations

Format: 2 film reels (00:13:21 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Libbie CHRISTENSEN interviews an unidentified man at a test centre where a simulator for training astronauts is used to prepare for space flight.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 943: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 942- 943 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-3

Marblehead Yacht Race Tuna Fishing

Format: 4 film reels (00:90:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The yacht race as seen from aboard one of the sailboats- highlights. Second section gives highlights of the Tuna Cup Match.

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 1388- 1391 Supplemental information no.: Mf237-4

Miscellaneous Sports Items

Format: 3 film reels (00:60:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Clips of miscellaneous sports items from Jan. 1965 to Dec 1969. Includes footage of boxing, basketball, jogging, and tennis. Specific items on Waegwoltic tennis, Centennial pool, Dave DOWNEY, Governor General MICHENER, St. Peter's basketball team, Ace FOLEY, Blair RICHARDSON, Ron SAMPSON. [NOTE: Labels on rolls indicate that 1969 items are from the series SPORTSWORLD and 1966 - 1968 items are from the series SPORTS PARADE.]

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 1581 1582 1583 Supplemental information no.: Mf252-36

Show

Format: 1 film reel (00:08:42 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Theme- shipwrecks on Sable Is.. Host Paddy GREGG interviews skipper Capt. J. Roland KNICKLE of the schooner 'Andrava' who encountered a storm near Sable Is. in 1927 when 5 ships were lost & 120 fishermen drowned. Jim BENNETT visits Herring Cove and reads plaque in memory of Joe CRACKER who in 1791 saved survivors on HMS 'La Tribute'.

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 869 Supplemental information no.: Mf214-1

Shearwater Naval - Air Station

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

Note: A GROUND-LEVEL LOOK AT NAVAL AVIATION OPERATION PROCEDURES AND A TRAINING FLIGHT AT SHEARWATER, NOVA SCOTIA.

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 367 Supplemental information no.: MF 200 - 15

Hugh MacLennan

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

Note: AN INTERVIEW WITH NOVA SCOTIAN AUTHOR Hugh MACLENNAN.

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 220, 221 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 70

Paraplegic Painting Class

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

Note: INTERVIEWS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PARAPLEGIC ASSOCIATION AND A VISIT TO THEIR ART CLASS.

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 247 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 86

Hugh MacLennan

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

Note: AN INTERVIEW WITH NOVA SCOTIAN AUTHOR Hugh MACLENNAN.

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 220, 221 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 69

Father Burke Gaffney S.J. Interview

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

Note: Jack MACANDREW interviews Father Burke GAFFNEY, S.J., professor of Astronomy at St. Mary's University in Halifax, N.S., on space exploration and astronomy.

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 354 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-06

Easter Island

Format: 17 film reels (00:58:18 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: The Canadian Medical Research expedition sailed from Halifax in 1964 with 38 scientists and technical staff from Europe, USA and Canada to Easter Island in order to study the inhabitants.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Director: WILLIAMS, Bob
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 1995 & 1998: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 1991- 2007 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-33

Port of Halifax

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

Note: MAYOR OF HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, Charles VAUGHAN UNVEILS THE PAINTING 'HALIFAX HARBOUR' ABOARD THE BRISTOL CITY LINE'S SHIP HALIFAX CITY.

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 250 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 88