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

Nova Scotia Archives Film Holdings Database

Dominion Drama Festival

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

Note: PRESENTATION OF THE AWARDS AT THE 1966 DOMINION DRAMA FESTIVAL FOLLOWED BY INTERVIEWS WITH THE RECIPIENTS.

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 260, 261, 266 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 94

Dr. Noel Murphy

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

Note: AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. Noel MURPHY REGARDING WITH HIS MEDICAL CAREER AND HIS CLINIC IN ANTIGONISH, 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 230 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 74

Math Grade

Format: 1 film reel (00:19:13 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Frank MILNE gives a Grade 9 Math Lesson.

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 809 Supplemental information no.: Mf212-19

Micmac Relics

Format: 1 film reel (00:11:34 hrs.) : sound, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Jack O'NEIL interviews archaeologist Dr. John MULLONEY [MALONEY] on the history of Micmacs in PEI. MULLONEY displays his artifacts - an axe and a fishing and hunting spear.

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 352 Supplemental information no.: Mf200-04

Sambro Lightship

Format: 1 film reel (00:06:12 hrs.) : silent, b&w
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Shipwrecks along the Nova Scotia coastline as seen by the crew of a Navy helicopter. Shots of the Sambro Lightship at sea and of Halifax Harbour also.

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 576 Supplemental information no.: Mf202-54

CBHT Colour Conversion

Format: 1 film reel (00:4:59 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Footage showing CBC technicians working on telecine chain film transfer equipment to demonstrate the change between mono to colour broadcasting. This footage is part of a report on the programme Gazette.

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 2411 Supplemental information no.: Mf196-341

Benya River

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

Note: THE BENYA RIVER, FLAGSHIP OF THE BLACK STAR LINE OF GHANA, ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO 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 Location no.: FB 349, 350, 366 Supplemental information no.: MF 200 - 2

Coast Guard College

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

Note: COAST GUARD CADETS UNDERGO TRAINING ABOARD THE COAST GUARD ICEBREAKER C.D. HOWE.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 144: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 143- 144 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 28

CBHT Colour Conversion

Format: 16 mm
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: SEE TITLE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT TIME OF INPUT.

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.: Fb2411 Supplemental information no.: Mf196-341

Bluenose Departure Interviews

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

Note: INTERVIEWS WITH CAPT. MASON ABOUT THE SCHOONER BLUENOSE AND WITH Don OLAND ABOUT THE SCHOONER BLUENOSE II.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 134: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 134 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 22

Melvin S. Clarke

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

Note: THE STORY OF THE MELVIN S. CLARKE AUCTION OPERATION 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 Location no.: FB 373, 374 Supplemental information no.: MF 200 - 19

Animal Studies

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

Note: FOOTAGE OF VARIOUS ANIMALS IN CAGES AND PENS INCLUDING SKUNKS, LYNX, OWL, FOX, PORCUPINES, OTTER AND MARTEN.

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 113 Supplemental information no.: MF 196 - 7

Diary of a Canadian Corporal

Format: 5 film reels (00:27:45 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Story of the Black Watch Regiment of the Canadian Army on NATO manoeuvers in Norway through the eyes of Corporal Lou ALDRICH and his platoon.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 395: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 391- 395 Supplemental information no.: Mf195-06

Miner's Museum, Cape Breton

Format: 1 film reel (00:2:53 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Silent footage of the turning of the sod for the construction of the Miners' Museum in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, N.S., in 1966.

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

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives 1989-57 / Location no.: Fb 2403 Supplemental information no.: Mf262-57

Diary of a Swordfisherman

Format: 5 film reels (00:27:29 hrs.)
Filmmaker: CBC Television

Note: Paddy GREGG narrates this profile of swordfisherman Murray GARRISON.

Production Company: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Access: Open for consultation; written permission required from donor for use or reproduction. Fb 462: CLOSED: conservation

Reference: CBC Television Nova Scotia Archives Location no.: Fb 458 - 462 Supplemental information no.: Mf195-17