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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Joseph Howe House

Format: 1 film reel (00:2:22 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of the dilapidated state of the birthplace of Joseph HOWE.

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 353 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-05

Africville and Beechville

Format: 1 film reel (00:00:42 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A 10 second clip of a street in Halifax (). A 32 second clip of houses in Beechville ().

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 1989-57 / Location no.: Fb 2410 Duplication no.: Vb155 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-22

Africville and Beechville

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

Note: SCENES OF AFRICVILLE AND BEECHVILLE, NOVA SCOTIA DURING THE WINTER.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives ACC NO 1989 57 / Location no.: Fb 2410 Supplemental information no.: Mf200 - 22

Centennial Building, P.E.I.

Format: 2 film reels (00:17:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Jack MACANDREW interviews Col. STOREY (Manager of the PEI Fathers of Confederation Memorial Centre) on who is funding the Centre and interviews various other building managers on future plans for the centre.

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 375 376 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-20

Show

Format: 2 film reels (00:19:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Jim BENNETT and Paddy GREGG interview residents of Lunenburg on the building of fishing schooners there and the early days of trading and fishing on the Grand Banks.

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 872 873 Supplemental information no.: Mf214-3

Math Opening and Closing

Format: 1 film reel (00:1:30 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Animated sequence of opening and closing film for Grade 9 and Grade 12 Math Lessons.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcaster: CBHT
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 810: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 810 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-20

Birthplace of Joseph Howe

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

Note: INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SHOTS OF WHAT WAS REPORTEDLY Joe HOWE'S BIRTHPLACE, TAKEN JUST PRIOR TO THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING.

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 357 Supplemental information no.: MF 200 - 9

Christian Symbols

Format: 5 film reels (00:10:00 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Story of Christian symbols and religion in the days of the Roman Empire.

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 1441 - 1445 Supplemental information no.: Mf245- 11

Father Burke Gaffney On Space Exploration

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

Note: FATHER Michael Burke GAFFNEY, A JESUIT ASTRONOMER WITH ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA DISCUSSES THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION.

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 354 Supplemental information no.: MF 200 - 6

Restigouche

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

Note: HMCS RESTIGOUCHE ON TRAINING MANOEUVERS.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: FB 363, 364 Supplemental information no.: MF 200 - 12

Submarine Ojibwa

Format: 3 film reels (00:19:46 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Marilyn MACDONALD interviews an unidentified officer of the naval submarine HMCS Ojibwa. She receives a tour of the submarine and finds out what life is life for the officers and crew of this 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 944- 946 Supplemental information no.: Mf219-4

Hansel and Gretel

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

Note: NOVA SCOTIA'S HALIFAX CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRESENTS 'HANSEL AND GRETEL'.

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 357 Supplemental information no.: MF 200 - 9

Diary of a Park Warden

Format: 8 film reels (00:26:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Profile of Albert MURPHY, Park Warden of the National Park on Prince Edward Island, his daily routine and responsibilities.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 444 & 445: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 438- 445 Supplemental information no.: Mf195-15

Halifax Theatre Scene

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

Note: A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE STATE OF HALIFAX'S THEATRE COMMUNITY WITH GUESTS Leon MAJOR, Libby CHRISTENSSON, Ted FOLLOWS AND MODERATOR Don GOODWIN.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives

Halifax Junior Canadians

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

Note: FOOTAGE OF NOVA SCOTIA'S HALIFAX JUNIOR CANADIANS HOCKEY TEAM AT PRACTICE.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 179: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 179 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 45