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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

M-Town, Kids And Games

Date: 1965
Format: 1 film reel (00:6:00 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton

Note: Shots of chidren playing games and taking swimming lessons near the Acaciaville Community Centre in Digby County, NS.

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 2041 Duplication no.: Fc 2036 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 29

Curw Dupe

Date: 1965
Format: 1 film reel (00:6:30 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Alexander Leighton

Note: Pan of rural countryside near Digby, N.S. Children playing and involved in art classes at Acaciaville Community Centre.

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 2037 Supplemental information no.: Mf360- 25

Tuna Cup Matches

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Early morning dock scenes; boats at dock; tuna boats on river; tuna on surface.[shot as special event coverage 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 2692 Supplemental information no.: mf115-688

Fisherman's Exhibition

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Parade

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 2502

Construction

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Information Services

Note: Trans-Canada highway, Marshy Hope, Pictou County

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 2435 Supplemental information no.: mf115-585

Sackville District Fire Department

Date: 1965-1966
Format: 1 film reel (00:05:21 hrs.) : silent, colour
Filmmaker: Harold Parker

Note: This film, [shot during the 1960's], chronicles the development of the Sackville and District Fire Department. It includes footage of new Fire Department vehicles and equipment on display at the fire station, fire fighters posing with their vehicles and conducting various fire fighting drills, including the burning of an old farm house in winter, and the construction of an addition to the fire station. There is also footage of a circus, with elephants chained outside a large tent.

Access: Donor holds copyright. Many splices. Film is scratched. Significant perforation and edge damage.

Reference: Harold Parker Nova Scotia Archives 1989-54 / Location no.: Fc 3387

Nova Scotia Agricultural College

Date: 1966
Format: 1 film reel (00:15:09 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture

Note: Film proclaiming the benefits a degree or diploma in agriculture can give the student looking for a career in this field. The Agricultural College in Truro, CO in particular is targeted.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Toronto
Broadcaster: CBC
Access: Open for consultation; written permission must be obtained from copyright owner for use or reproduction.

Reference: Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture Nova Scotia Archives 1985-05 / Location no.: Fb 2263 Supplemental information no.: mf328-47

Blessing On the Woods

Format: 1 film reel (00:11:20 hrs.) : sound, colour
Filmmaker: N.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Note: Film based on the poem 'Blessing on the Woods' by Arthur GUITERMAN.

Production Company: [Nova Scotia Travel Bureau, Information Division] for the N.S. Dept. of Lands and Forests
Producer: Margaret Perry
Director: PERRY, Margaret
Access: Open for consultation; written permission must be obtained from copyright owner for use or reproduction.

Reference: N.S. Dept. of Agriculture Nova Scotia Archives 1989-05 / Location no.: Fc 1859 Supplemental information no.: mf328-9

God's Trombones

Format: 1 videocassette (00:57:50 hrs.)
Filmmaker: Atlantic Film Festival

Note: A theatrical piece, adapted by Walter BORDEN, and set in St. George's Church, Halifax, N.S., which celebrates the spirit of old-time Black gospel preachers and music.

Production Company: [Sight and Sound Productions]
Director: WAUGH, Ralph
Writer: [JOHNSON, James Weldon]

Reference: Atlantic Film Festival Nova Scotia Archives 1991-07 / Location no.: Vb 261 Supplemental information no.: Mf67-29

Provider

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

Note: THE SUPPORT SHIP HMCS PROVIDER REFUELS THE SHIPS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY AT SEA.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 350: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: FB 349, 350, 366 Supplemental information no.: MF 200 - 2

Lord Thomson of Fleet Street

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

Note: Interview with Lord THOMSON, newspaper giant of Fleet St., about rumours that he will statrt a newspaper in Halifax.

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 328 Supplemental information no.: Mf199-16

Lloyd MacInnis Award

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

Note: PREMIER OF NOVA SCOTIA, Robert STANFIELD, PRESENTS THE LLOYD MACINNIS MEMORIAL AWARD TO MR. F.L. KELSEY IN RECOGNITION OF MR. KELSEY'S WORK WITH THE DISABLED.

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 212 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 64

Old Houses In New Brunswick

Format: 2 film reels (00:24:11 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Paddy GREGG tours old homesteads in New Brunswick and interviews Mrs. Col. DALEY on the birthplace of NB poet Bliss CARMEN.

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 361 362 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-11

The Westwind

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

Note: SAILING ON MAHONE BAY, 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 295 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 116

Shriners Camp Norway

Format: 1 film reel
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: 2 items: Feature on the Shriners International Convention and Parade held in Halifax, N.S. Feature on Camp Norway near Lunenburg, N.S., the home for a group of Norwegian men displaced during World War II. A commemorative plaque is being erected to mark the 25th anniversary of the camp.

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 365 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-13