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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Show

Format: 2 film reels (00:04:00 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: 2 items: footage of the clipper ship 'The Eagle' cadet training ship from USA. Footage of a ship at sea and cadets on deck working. Second item: Paddy GREGG interviews fishermen about the time they lost the fishing vessel 'The Astro W'.

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 874 875 Supplemental information no.: Mf214-4

Logging

Format: 4 film reels (00:11:57 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of logging and the production of wooden chairs.

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 1824- 1827 Supplemental information no.: Mf261-18

Show

Format: 1 film reel (00:14:38 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Jim BENNETT interviews Mr. Perry STEVENS and his son Gerald on the building of Tancook whalers and schooners by their ship building firm on Tancook Island. Paddy GREGG interviews Mr. ATKINSON on the building of cape cod fishing boats by his firm.

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 876 Supplemental information no.: Mf214-5

Knees If You Please

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

Note: A UNIDENTIFIED DANCE GROUP PERFORMS A VARIETY OF DANCES IN AN UNIDENTIFIED STUDIO.

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 193 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 53

Seafarers

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:21 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Paddy GREGG and Jim BENNETT explore the days of wooden ships and the men who sailed them.

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 879 Supplemental information no.: Mf214-7

Henry Hicks Interview

Format: 1 film reel (00:9:03 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Interview with Dr. Henry HICKS, president of Dalhousie University, about the increase in student fees at the university.

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 322 Supplemental information no.: Mf199-13

Show

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

Note: Paddy GREGG interviews resident of Wallace, NS in the Northumberland Strait & Caribou NS on the phantom ship seen by residents in the area. GREGG visits Spencers Is. in the Minas Basin to view a monument of the mystery ship 'The Mary Celeste'. Also an interview with a Chester fisherman on strange lights he witnessed.

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 870 871 Supplemental information no.: Mf214-2

Scenic Shots of Nova Scotia

Format: 2 film reels (00:12:43 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A variety of scenic shots of Nova Scotia set to music appropriate for Remembrance Day.

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 1832- 1833 Supplemental information no.: Mf261-24

International Tuna Cup Match

Format: 2 film reels (00:32:04 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Highlights of each day of the 4 day International Tuna Cup Match held in Wedgeport, NS in 1965.

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 1386- 1387 Supplemental information no.: Mf237-3

Porcupine Control

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

Note: PORCUPINE CONTROL IN HALIFAX, 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

Olympia

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

Note: THE LINER OLYMPIA IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA WITH A GROUP OF AMATEUR DANCERS FROM THE ISLAND OF CRETE PERFORMING TRADITIONAL DANCES FOR THE CAMERA.

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 246 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 85

Regional Drama Festival Awards

Format: 1 film reel (00:21:41 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Awards ceremony of the regional drama festival.

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 1161 Supplemental information no.: Mf226-04

The Atlantic

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

Note: THE STORY OF THE WRECKAGE OF THE SHIP SS ATLANTIC OFF PROSPECT, 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 357 Supplemental information no.: MF 200 - 9

Man and His Gods

Format: 5 film reels
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: A series of silent film clips depicting images of 'man and his gods' throughout the ages and from different countries of the world from votive icons to computer equipment.

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 1436 - 1440 Supplemental information no.: Mf245- 10

Naval Operations, Year Old Lady

Format: 1 film reel (00:29:25 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: 2 items: Gerry BIRT at CFB Shearwater - shots of flight activities. Dave CRUIKSHANK interviews Mrs. HUGHES, a 100 year old PEI woman.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Producer: Bob McLaughlin
Broadcaster: CBHT
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.: Mf200-15